I like to check on what is celebrated every day. Checkiday.com gives me lots of choices for my celebration. I especially enjoy those days when I celebrate my favorite foods. And some days I don’t find anything I want to celebrate.

But today is a very good one: World Read Aloud Day.

I can think of some ways to celebrate.

First, read to a child. I love to watch the wonder in a child’s eyes as they explore the world in a book.

Second, read out loud to myself. There are two reasons for this activity. It helps me when I have trouble following the train of thought. This is especially true when reading technical or how-to books. When I’m reading a novel to myself, reading aloud brings out different characteristics in the book and, therefore, the story is more interesting.

Third, read aloud to assist with editing my own stories. I find so many errors when reading aloud, which is good and bad. It is bad because I’m frustrated because of all the things I do wrong. It is good because I find many errors I can’t see when I’m reading on paper or on a computer.

Just a little self-promotion.  My book, Jesus Gets Hand-Me-Down, is designed for reading to children.

Read to your stuffy