The Little Bookworm That Couldn't

On losing and rediscovering my lifelong love of books.

I don't remember a time before I knew how to read. I thought this was normal until I went to grad school for literacy education and a decent number of my peers remembered the frustrating process of learning how to read through Kindergarten and First Grade. They remember a period in their life where they couldn’t read, but I don’t remember learning. I wa…