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Some of my earliest memories as a child revolve around "reading". I was deeply drawn to one book in particular, a beautifully illustrated version of the Twelve
by magic_beans 11y ago
Some of my earliest memories as a child revolve around "reading". I was deeply drawn to one book in particular, a beautifully illustrated version of the Twelve Dancing Princesses. I remember being overwhelmed by the many words, and would instead look at the pictures, over and over, not necessarily trying to read the words, but hearing them echoed in my head from when my mother read them to me.
And then one day, as if by nowhere, I could read the words. I so clearly remember that sense of discovery. It was such a delicious feeling. I STILL remember the story and the pictures from that book to this day.
- kohanz 11y agoThank you for sharing this. Recently my wife and I have both lamented that although this is a lovely stage of his life that we are thoroughly enjoying, we are somewhat saddened by the thought that he will not remember much or any of it (I certainly don't have any concrete memories from this early age). Perhaps this is me again not giving the young brain enough credit. The fact that you do remember something like this is heartening for me.