Personal Narrative: My Love Of Reading

Children have been taught how to read for generations, we all have different reading levels based on how much interest we have in reading, and who taught us to read and gave us our passion for it. For me, my love of reading started when I was younger reading with my mother after school, on the weekends and any other free time we had. Every day, when I came home from school I read whether it was by myself or with my mom. She would read with me every day until I finally learned how and could read by myself. Because of my mom reading to me and with me, my reading level has often been higher than others in my classes. My mom is the reason I love reading today because, she read with me until I could read on my own, she encouraged me to read, and she bought me books to ignite my learning. …show more content…
We would read books such as Junie B. Jones, Dr. Seuss, and animal books. According to my mom “When you were younger you loved reading, you’d beg to read every day.” This is true, I remember my little 6-year-old self sneaking after my bed time and reading books, I remember the rush of breaking the rules and praying not to get caught. I’ve always done well in school and had a passion for reading, now that I’m older it’s a little more difficult for me to find books that have me wanting to stay up half the night and find out what happens next. Also, I don’t have as much time as I used too, I stay up doing homework and studying. Without my mom constantly reading with me and helping me, I probably wouldn’t have any passion for