My Son Was Born

December 15, 2009 in reading; illiteracy; adolescent literacy with 3 Comments

I’m elated to say that my son, Declan, was born this past Saturday.  Only minutes after his birth, I started reciting the opening proem to Paradise Lost to him in the delivery room.  And he wailed!  I’m afraid we might have a staunch Shakespearean on our hands…

Here’s a pic from just this morning:

Thanks to Erick for the pic!
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3 Responses to “My Son Was Born”

  1. classroomscribbling December 15, 2009 at 7:44 pm #

    He’s precious! Congratulations to you and mama! And Milton is an acquired taste…maybe he’ll grow into it :-)

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