52/365 Bill
Bill’s oldest of two daughters ran into the house waving a story she’d written at school, upon which was a teacher-placed gold star. The following day Bill (in his thirties, working for the state) called Literacy Volunteers so he could learn to read it.
posted by - Christine at 5:48 AM
7 Comments:
Wow...that's very moving--and good for him!
PS: Any idea what happened to GreenishLady's link?
this was great ... how touching, and encouraging ... it seems impossible to imagine a world without words as a constant companion ... good for him for leaping off the edge of the cliff
Brief epilogue:
The next year Bill (our neighbor) was chosen as one of Vermont's two Adult Reading Students of the Year and was flown to DC to where he was honored with others from around the country at a reception with the First Lady, Barbara Bush. He shared his certificate and a mound of photos with us.
He's the youngest of 13 children, the oldest, his brother, spent decades serving in Vermont's House of Representatives.
This was the x365 I originally posted this morning for Bill
Bill came home from his daughter’s wedding to a note on the kitchen table. I’m not happy. You’re not either. Good-bye. Bill never considered himself unhappy, but he must have been. After all you don’t stay married twenty-three years by arguing with your wife.
That was a more recent episode but didn't really capture Bill's spirit so replaced it with the one you read.
That is a wonderful story! Yay for Bill!
PS I'm here, but had trouble opening my own site. I changed nothing, and have no idea why my link may be gone.
I was wondering where all my pals had disappeared to!
Without a doubt, one of my favourites of all the 40ish postings I've seen since we all began. Bravo Bill.
Wow, what irony, learning how to read and then having to read something like that...
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