Two Good (and short) Reads:

(Ed. note:  While preparing the next Big Post, I’ve come across a couple of  gems from around the Net that I thought would be of interest to you.  I’ll sandwich them in between “Big Posts”  and hope you find them as valuable as I did.)

To Busy to Pick Up a Book?

Over at CrossWalk.com, you’ll find a helpful article that rings true and will prove valuable to a lot of busy moms.

Kym Wright, a well-known author and speaker, discusses the plight of the busy mom who loves to read but can barely find time to open a book, let alone finish it.  Could this be you?

Kym shares her method of how she gets that reading, and a lot more,  done.  It all made sense to me and I’ll bet a lot of you will appreciate it.  (I’d also wager a lot of you have also discovered your own clever ways to turn the pages; I would love to hear from you!)

The Miracle of Reading

Here’s a story the likes of which we know well at Alpha-Phonics:  a case of adult illiteracy and how the gift of reading saved and irrevocably changed a life for the good.

(Photo courtesy of the Detroit Free Press)

Rochelle Riley is a columnist at the Detroit Free Press.  A couple of weeks ago she wrote the story of three miracles in a man’s life.  One of them was how learning to read  changed his life and, as a consequence, the lives of countless people around him.  I urge you to read about Derrick Gilford, 49, and those miracles. Ms. Riley quotes him:

“I was just sitting there,” Gilford recalled. “All my friends that I grew up with, girls that I grew up with. … And God called me. I stood up and said, ‘I’m fixing to go get saved.’ They flipped out because they thought I lost my mind. I left everything. I left my money, drugs, my car. I walked away and caught a cab to my grandmother’s house.”

Head on over to the Free Press and read this inspiring story!

(Among the many reasons we love and believe in Alpha-Phonics so much is because it is as appropriate for adults as it is for kids.  No cartoon characters, no nonsense, just efficient and effective instruction!)