Books!

Sam has discovered reading!!  I don't mean that he only just learn't to read, I mean that he has started reading to himself.  Lying in bed just before going to sleep, engrossed in a book, it's always been something magical for me and I am so pleased that my little boy has found that wonder for himself.  I have always read to both of my boys, right back to when he they were tiny babies, but this is the first time that Sam has been willing, and even eager to read to himself.  I have loved reading ever since I can remember.  I have clear memories of spending my lunch breaks at school in the library.  I was so painfully shy and books were so comforting and friendly, they didn't require anything of me.  It has taken a loooooong time for me to develop any self confidence, but books have always been there for me.  One of my fears as a diabetic is that I will lose my sight, and not be able to read anymore.  It would be devastating.  But anyway!  I remember saying to Steve, when Sam was first born, that I would be very sad if any children of mine didn't love reading, and that I wasn't sure how much I would have in common with any such child!!  Tom loves books already and it is one of the few things that you can do with him that will calm him down and stop him from wriggling and fidgeting.  So phew,  it seems I will always have something in common with both of my boys!!