No matter how busy you are, how worried, or how much daily occurrences get in the way, there is a special feeling when you sit down with a child and you open a book and tell them that you're going to read to them.

I have never met a child yet whose eyes don't light up with the anticipation of hearing a story, and, when that story is shared with a loved one, the story is somehow enhanced and often remembered until the latest years of life.

Give a child you know the gift of magic and wonderment. Read to them or listen while they read to you. And don't forget, if they want to discuss the story afterwards, that means they need to learn something that you can give them... a lesson in life.

Cheers, Deby.