I remember being an 8 years old 3rd grader. At that time we lived in Mineral Wells, Texas and my dad was stationed at Camp Wolters. One day he took me to the base library and got me my very first library card!!! I was so proud of that card.
We don’t appreciate how lucky we are to be able to read and write.
I now live in Malta and there are many people here who sill cannot read or write. They manage pretty well, but they have never been given the key to the magical world that reading and writing represents.
We tend to take this ability we have of reading and writing for granted—not to mention all the effort we put in as kids to learn both.
I came across this youtube video this morning, and I thought I would share it with you.
The Joys of Writing 