1. Start off with a future, grandmother version of myself telling a story
1.1. "I hate reading, Grandma!"
1.1.1. "Do you want to hear a story when I was your age?" --> Starting point on telling MY story
1.1.1.1. How I started reading/writing
1.1.1.1.1. I used to make loops and scribbles and think I was writing cursive (5 yrs.)
2. Best reader of my class
2.1. always awarded "Book Worm" Award in school
2.1.1. Most A.R. point throughout elementary and middle school (1st-8th grade)
2.1.1.1. Read mostly fiction novels, as well as history novels.
2.1.1.1.1. Learned to read "in depth" in Highschool. Went to an extremely rigorous high school. I was taught to annotate everything I read and saw (books,, newspapers, movies, plays, etc...)
3. How great reading was for me, and can be for you... blah blah blah
3.1. how I felt that I was on an adventure with every book I read
3.1.1. Reading gave me the ability to leave this work and discover others
3.1.1.1. I used to hide in my parent's walk-in closet and read with a flashlight, so as not to be disturbed.
3.1.1.1.1. Last thing: "Books are the greatest weapons in the world! Arm yourself!" --Doctor. Who