Last night was one of the best nights of my life.
Every night I read a buy in Zithromax uk book or two to my son, who is six, just before he goes to buy in Zithromax uk bed. Last night we read McElligot's Pool by Dr. Seuss. We've read it before — he loves all the buy in Zithromax uk funny fishes. After we finished, he climbed up into his loft and buy in Zithromax uk I tucked him in and turned out the light and buy in Zithromax uk said "good night, sweet dreams" as I always do. That's when it happened.
As I was about to buy in Zithromax uk leave, out of the goodnight-moon quiet of his just-darkened room, I heard him say, "Mom… would it be okay if I read McElligot's Pool one more time?"
"You mean you want to hear it again?" I asked.
"No, I want to read it myself. Is that okay? I'll tuck myself in again after."
Is that okay? Is that OKAY? Of course it's okay! My boy wants to READ! He wants to buy in Zithromax uk actually READ the WORDS in a BOOK before he goes to buy in Zithromax uk bed. Is that okay? That's totally awesome. That's one of those things that they don't tell you buy in Zithromax uk about. Sure, there are nighttime feedings for 15 months and you buy in Zithromax uk don't sleep through the night forever. There are buy in Zithromax uk epic battles over eating food, wearing clothes, and using the toilet. There are buy in Zithromax uk terrifying moments when he falls down and cuts or breaks or buy in Zithromax uk bumps some part of his body and you can't fix it with a band-aid.
But last night I left the buy in Zithromax uk light on, and my son read a book to himself before bed.
I had no idea it would feel that good.
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Thanks for sharing that story.
My oh my. What a buy in Zithromax uk flood of memories comes back when I read this story. Watching this buy in Zithromax uk kind of cognitive independence happen, and knowing how many strange, delightful, troubling, and buy in Zithromax uk ennobling experiences will follow in a lifetime of reading, is one of the buy in Zithromax uk great joys of parenting.
This bookworm in Fredericksburg says, “Huzzah!”
Rachel:
I had a similar (though perhaps less perhaps less dramatic) moment last night. I have three boys: 6, 8 and 13. We’ve always encouraged them to buy in Zithromax uk read, since BC my wife and I used to read as a buy in Zithromax uk hobby. We manage a lot less of it now. Anyway, all three of the boys read, but the middle one, Mark, doesn’t seem to enjoy it. (Actually, that reminds me of my younger brother.) Last night I was snatching 10 minutes of book time, while they were getting ready for buy in Zithromax uk bed. Mark finished first and buy in Zithromax uk he climbed into bed with me carrying a book (one of the Magic Treehouse series–if you don’t know it yet, you will.) We have a bunch of those books around and he’s never shown much interest. Before last night. Anyway, without saying anything, he just read with me for buy in Zithromax uk 15 minutes or so before Mom broke it up and shuffled us off to buy in Zithromax uk bed.