“Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.” - Mortimer J. Adler

I had a brief convesation with one of my daughters several months ago in which she announced that she hated reading. I knew to take the word “hate” with a shaker of salt considering how prone twelve-year olds are to speak in extremes.

“I feel sorry for you, then.” I replied.

“Why?”

“Because your life will be so much smaller without reading.”

She sighed and rolled her eyes. Again, very twelve of her.

She recently told me that she was nearly done reading her third book in a month and how much she loved it.

I’m not trying to take credit for the about face. I’m just happy she’s falling in love with something that will enrich her life in ways she cannot even imagine yet.