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  Finding the alphabet letters in my cereal with My Mom at our Kitchen table before riding the bus to school
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  Re-Reading the same book at night with Mom. "Popcorn" by Frank Asch is still my favorite children's book. My Mom eventually hid it from me.
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  My parents gave me my own set of Encyclopedias and children's how to books which were proudly perched on a small bookcase in my bedroom
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  A poet visited my school and taught me how to write different forms of poetry. I became a poet.
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  Vivid Memory of Reading an entire Judy Blume Chapter Book (in hardback) in one day while sitting at the desk in my room.
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  I was selected to read my own poem "Free as a Bird" aloud at Fifth Grade Graduation
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  Reading the script for my first lead role in a play with my cousin over Christmas Holiday
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  Reading "Emma" by Jane Austen. A selection from the summer reading assignment list. I loved it! I have re-read countless times finding it funnier each time and learning something new each time.
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  Began dating my husband. Read "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen in the weeks following.
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  I read the Seventh Harry Potter Novel "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" in the final days before my first child was born.
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  Named my second child after one of my favorite literary characters
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  Sing and Point to the Alphabet with my children at night before bed.