Read to me...... PLEASE!!
By makingpots
@makingpots (11915)
United States
October 6, 2008 2:48pm CST
I am a child at heart in many, many ways. At least once a day I think of something that makes me wish I were still a child. I personally think it is a healthy way to live.
Everyday my son, (knowing I am going to read something to him, because I never miss a day) says "Read to me..... PLEASE!" .....and I smile. He IS my son!
I love, LOVE, totally love to be read to. Please read something to me today. Anything you choose..... a children's book, a poem you just wrote or read yourself and loved it, even an article from your local newspaper.
Will you read to me, please????? What will you read? Tell me about it.
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
7 Oct 08
i like you read to my boys every day. i hate to be read to myself. i love to read but don't want anyone reading to me. i will read to you but i'll let u pick out what u want me to read. lol
@makingpots (11915)
• United States
7 Oct 08
How about some Shel Silverstein poetry. I feel like smiling tonight.
Thanks.
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
7 Oct 08
You would like Shel Silverstein poetry. He is very fun. He wrote mostly for kids but I know oodles of adults who love them.
http://faculty.weber.edu/chansen/humanweb/projects/MeghanUng/poems.htm
Yes, you made me smile, indeed.
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
7 Oct 08
sorry, i don't do poetry, lol but hope i made u smile anyway. have a good one.
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@nanajanet (4436)
• United States
7 Oct 08
I loved reading to my kids and they were always good readers who enjoyed reading, too.
My granddaughter, who is 16 months old, will come over, shove a book in our faces, and say, "Boo", which means "book" to her. You must read it over and over, until she is bored. It is so funny but then she will sit down and will read it herself. It even sounds as if she is reading it, too! LOL
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@rusty2rusty (6763)
• Defiance, Ohio
7 Oct 08
Sure I will read to you. Can you hear me clear from Florida? I love to read as well. I enjoy reading to my children. But they are both 8,10, and 17. So none of them want mommy to read to them anymore. But they do enjoy reading to me every great once in awhile.
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
7 Oct 08
I can hear you loud and clear all the way from Florida.
8, 10 and 17...... I bet you have a fun household.
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@rusty2rusty (6763)
• Defiance, Ohio
7 Oct 08
I am glad you can hear me. yes, at times my household can be alot of fun. But can also be an overwhelming headaches on other days.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
6 Oct 08
I would read "To Touch a Heart" by Jill Holmes.......and that would be me. It's a collection of short stories and poetry...and I consider my poems gifts of love. You can read them, then share them with someone you love! My favorite childrens book is also about about love....I give one to each grandchild on their first Christmas. I put them in my lap...have their mommy and daddy sit close and read to them "I'll love you forever".
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
7 Oct 08
You just sold a book, my friend!
I have visited your website many times and have intended to purchase it before. Tonight you closed the deal. :)
"I'll Love You Forever" is perhaps one of the best children's books ever written.
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@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
7 Oct 08
You got me thinking. I cant remember the last time someone read to me 1 on 1 (that is to say outside school or on tv). I remember when I was small my father would sit me on his lap and read to me and I loved it. I read to my son every day and he pretends to read to me and that is funny.
I would do what I do with my son. I will let you choose the book or books and then I am going to read them for you how those that sound to you.
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
7 Oct 08
**Smiling**
I can just imagine it, violeta_va.
It is heart warming to know that they do listen to us and learn from us.
My son and I were reading at a park the other day.... he was pretending to read to me then said "Are you getting sleepy? How about one more page?" just like I do at bedtime.
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
7 Oct 08
That sounds great to me. :) I choose a chapter from any Roald Dahl book.
I LOVE when my son pretends to read to me.... so funny!
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@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
7 Oct 08
I do have few of his books I think so no problem. My son was "reading" to me just now and it was a winnie the pooh book and the bees are chasing pooh and my son sais to me: come on lets count the bees (like I do with him) I said we cant love there must be a thousand bees here and he said NO LOOK AT ME talk to me one two three .... it was so funny.
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@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
16 Jan 09
She just told me its Snow White..
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@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
16 Jan 09
P1ke..My 3 yr old grandaughter Kaleigh and i just listened to you reading the Happiness 1 and 2 book and we both liked being read to..Thank you for storytime!
xoxoxoxoxoxoxo
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
7 Oct 08
I am among them as well, shana123.
Thank you very much..... how about a beautiful psalms?
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@cripfemme (7698)
• United States
7 Oct 08
I am read to, because I love it even if I'm a grown up, via audio books. I listen to them before sleeping at night. It makes me so happy. You should try it.
If I was going to read to you. I'd read you Charlie and the Chocolate Factory or any Ramona book, or perhaps a Fudge book. I also love reading sci fi on the audio book.
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
7 Oct 08
I enjoy audio books too. I listen to them when working out at the gym.
I love your choice of books!!
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
8 Oct 08
I adore your responses, cupid.
It is a little bright spot in my day whenever I see that you responded to one of my disucssions.
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
8 Oct 08
I love to fall asleep while someone is reading to me.
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@bfarrier1 (2082)
• United States
7 Oct 08
I will read to you a poem my sister wrote and published in my honor because I love Full Moon's.
Blame it on the Moon
When the moon is full and the stars are bright,the nightingale sings in the dark of night,a bird flies through the moon lit sky a hoot owl hoots somewhere on high
She runs through the night like a restless breed.Throws caution to the wind,and takes no heed.
A heart on fire with yearning pain,to escape a world of everyday chains.
She looks to a moon full and bright and says to herself I have the right,to fly in the wind where echoes are heard,beckoning,come fly free bird.
Then you'll see her standing there,the moonlight on her long dark hair.She walks in rays with a restless breed,her soul's on fire,but her spirit is free.
She wrote this in 2003 and I have cherished since.You have a great night.
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
7 Oct 08
Thank you and thank your sister for the beautiful words.
It has been a great night with all the reading people have done to me!
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
7 Oct 08
makingpots hi I used to love to be read to. I still remember my dad reading out of the Saturday Evening Post to my mom. It always was a comforting feeling as a little child to hear my dad read'aloud to my mom. I had already been read to and tucked in bed.When my own children were little I always read to the two of them. They were just eleven months apart. I found that my son already knew how to read before he went to kindergarten, and still loves to read as do I.
@makingpots (11915)
• United States
7 Oct 08
I am sure you are a huge part of his love of reading. Good job, mom!
My dad has a big, resonant, bass voice and he was always being asked to narrate things in church when I was growing up. He would practice around the house, sometimes after I went to be, and I always loved it. You took me right back to that memory with this response. Thanks..
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@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
16 Jan 09
My Grandchildren want me to read to them with any book they find and if not then i have to make up stories..I like to mix them up and watch their faces when the Big bad Wolf chases Sleeping Beauty..lol..
@makingpots (11915)
• United States
7 Oct 08
I do get a feeling of well-being when reading with my son!
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@kongfubeaver (10)
• China
7 Oct 08
May I read the annual finance report of my company to you~~~~pretty KID love Father~~~you will fall in sleep in ten seconds,LOL~~~
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
7 Oct 08
I could have used that last night, kongfubeaver, when I couldn't seem to get sleepy no matter what I tried.
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