Fast Forward 50 Years

Now hit your fast-forward feature. Move ahead approximately 50 years or so, give or take. Those reading parents have suddenly become reading GREAT Grandparents!! I took this shot of my mom and dad with my grandchildren, on their last morning before they flew back to their home. This is one of Wonder Boy's favorite books, which just so happened to be a Christmas present from his 'greats' last year. He still loves all forms of undersea creatures. He's pointing to one of his favorites, just before they open the hidden flap. Some things just never go out of style!

Read to those children -- whatever their age, whatever your age!! It's a habit that lasts a lifetime. It's the very best legacy we can give our children, our grandchildren, or when abundantly blessed, our GREAT-grandchildren. A disposition for the written word. A love of language. Delight in word play, it's rhythm, the poetry of language: alliteration, rhyme, onamotopia, syntax, hyperbole.... all the goodies in the language toolbox of fun. Read. Read. Read.

(This picture was taken over Mother's Day when my parents were up & dad baptized the twins. They were about 3 weeks old in this picture.)