When you help someone up a hill, you get that much closer to the top yourself. - Mary Engelgreit

My development of personal literacy has been a linear exploration of text which I liken to the climbing of a mountain. Initially I am aided by tour guides, such as parents and teachers, who show me the sights and help me move my way through the foreign terrain, until I am wise enough to continue on my own. It is in this vein that I intend to accompany you through my own literacy journey- from the bottom of the mountain to the peak, to move from a traveler to a tour guide and perhaps revisit some sights I missed on my first trip up the mountain.