I’ve been working long hours, not seeing Karolina and Max much at all. Karolina told me that Max keeps asking when I’ll be home. This morning, before school, he asked me when I’ll come home earlier from work  so that I can read him the DogMan book we started reading last week. It’s one of the first books he’s fallen in love with. Prior to this, I can only remember Charlie and the Chocolate Factory generating so much excitement.

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When I came home from work, the first thing Max asked is if we could continue reading the book. It’s such a joy to see him fall in love with a book.

UPDATE: Max cried later, while we read. The cat father gave away his new son. The father would do anything to get rid of him, and when he finally did, the father came home and was upset. He looked at drawing his son had drawn of them together. He ran out of the house looking for his son but couldn’t find him. Just like Lies My Father Told Me, Max asked me why it has to be so sad. He cried a lot. It was very emotional for me to see it.

I told Max that is what makes a good book, a book that makes you feel.

In the end, the cat father and son were reunited