A Month of Gratitude - Day 8

Wednesday, December 15, 2010
I grew up in a household full of readers. There were books in every room, books for Christmas, books on every nightstand. Science Fiction, non-fiction, westerns, thrillers, mysteries, fantasy, literature - the only genre not represented was romance.

So by the time I was a teenager, I was a reader, too, and it's a pleasure and a hobby that has stuck with me my whole life. I read on my Kindle, with my iPod, on my Blackberry. I'd read in my sleep in I could stay conscious.

So the fact that so many of the humans on this planet can't read and write simply boggles my mind.

Today, I'm grateful for the gift of literacy, and for the love of reading engendered in me by my family.

4 comments:

The Mechanicky Gal said...

I can understand the lack of education that causes people to be unable to read and write (but NOT be thrilled with it) but I CANNOT understand people that just DON'T read!

Tom said...

I like reading so much, that's where I live! Reading, MA.

Anne C. said...

Hear hear!

JstPam said...

I am a read-a-holic, I will read anything and everything I can get my hands on, including junk mail and the labels of anything and everything that can be found around the house.....wish I knew how to pass it on.