Thanks so much Eko. As a teacher I used to be so sad when children came to school with no idea about books. We always had so many books. It kind of sets you up for success at school and in the future.

I also wrote another poem about Everybody Else’s Mother. My daughter used to say, “But everybody else’s mother lets them…’ to which I’d say, ‘Let me speak to this special mother.’ She hated that. Let’s see if I can find it.

https://medium.com/illumination/shes-everybody-else-s-mother-cc9ae024d627