there to support me while i was growing up, i am who i am more due to what you did not do for me than what you did do.
as i was learning vocabulary and spelling in grade school, i would approach your desk downstairs with a sweet smile and ask if you could help me spell a word or tell me the meaning of a word. your answer was always, “look it up in the dictionary.” at the time, i could not for the life of me understand how i could look up a word in the dictionary if i did not know how to spell it. my frustration and 