Vanessa went through a spell where she was tired of being asked to read a book. It was as if she knew this was yet another thing she was afraid to give up her dependence for, and all the new school related reading on top of pleasure reading at home was maybe too much of a good thing. She would proclaim we always read and she's bored of it. In recent months she's venture back into her love of reading by gradually slipping back to cuddling and listening to someone else read. And becoming a relatively independent and a newly confident reader has sparked a delightful eagerness to delve back into book after book. She forgets that she's making the independent choice to get lost in books. Sometimes she realizes she's revealed her disguise and again pretends she's lost all capability, but now not for long, because she just can't help herself.
