And last, reading gave him a language to speak to his daughter.
Reading inspired him to want to write.
The link between reading and writing is so powerful.
When we begin to read, we begin to find the words.
And he found the words to imagine the two of them together.
He found the words to tell her how much he loved her.
Reading also changed our relationship with each other.
It gave us an occasion for intimacy, to see beyond our points of view.
And reading took an unequal relationship and gave us a momentary equality.
When you meet somebody as a reader, you meet him for the first time, newly, freshly.