LITTLE READERS

She’s laughing. I’m laughing. Her dad’s laughing. We’re all laughing.

It’s summer and I go up to my brother and his family annually to release, relax, relate…and especially after this hectic school year, it is warranted.

My niece, Annie, reads everything. Since she was younger, we have instilled in her the habit of reading everything. I love about 276 miles away from her, so I’d have to be informed of her reading exploits in school. All the awards she would rack up and all the books she’s been reading.

(Yes, she’s been through the entire Harry Potter and Bluford Series).

Yes, yes, we played the obligatory License plate games, read street signs, read the ingredients on the back of products, and read the instructions to everything. Our family had created a reading monster.

Now, our little Annie is attending the University of Central Florida in…