Molly Hinson Big Black Letters Thats what I stared at as I sat on my fathers lap The colorful pictures surrounding

the words tried to distract me from my goal Read That was my fathers goal for me Letters Lots of them They just stared at me as I tried to sound out their identity aloud Trying to grasp the sentences before me I suddenly caught on The veil keeping me from understanding was removed from my eyes The sounds came together to make words as the vowels rolled off my tongue Street signs suddenly became more interesting to me Menus, Directions, pencils and paper Everything made sense to me After I understood those Big Black Letters