Today, the first day of November is Family Literacy Day. I thought I would write about how Abdu'-Baha played a part in developing the literacy abilities within my family. In October of 1994, I was preparing for the second of three Reading Is Fundamental Programs. The program was going to take place at the Baha'i Center in Los Angeles.
I needed to purchase books for the children who would be coming to the schduled event. My husband bought the required number of books. One of those books caught the interest of my younger son, who talked my husband into reading it to him. This was one of the few times that my husband sat down a read a book to one of my sons.
Today I am reading to the daughter of that same son. She loves to color the pictures in what she calls "Book 3." It is a book that contains a number of stories for children, a few of which are about something that happened to Abdu'l-Baha.
Sue Chehrenegar
