Live and Learn
 This is what I saw as I turned to see what book middle was reading aloud from this afternoon. He wasn't just reading aloud though, he was reading to his sister who'd picked the book out and asked him to read it to her. This brightened my day on so many levels. It's always a pleasure to see my children with a book and my heart swells with pride and thanks when hearing oldest and middle read being the one given the privilege of teaching them to read. But seeing little one cuddled up to middle as he read to her was especially sweet. There's no part of our homeschool experience I've loved more than reading to my children. Sharing a book together and all the laughs, tears and inspiration a story can bring. But more than that, there's a closeness that reading together brings that's hard to put into words. It's the physical closeness - a hand around my shoulder or holding my hand, my little one on my lap and/or my boys snuggling under my arm while I read. And then there's the mutual giving - them giving me their time and the privilege of sharing a story with them, me giving them my time and abilities - and the bond that's made, the significance we give to and feel from one another as a result of the exchange. And as I heard middle diligently reading and saw little one's head on his shoulder, I knew they were not only sharing a good story but were sharing in that closeness with one another. That indeed is sweet. |
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