The Forgotten Door

Pic By: Brian Reed

Every day after lunch our class full of small boys and girls would gather around the feet of our beloved “Miss Garner” as she would pull up a chair and open a book to read to us.  She was a tremendously talented reader, by which I mean she brought the black and white pages of each book to a vibrant colorful life that left each child straining forward with anticipation for what would happen next, on whatever small piece of the ragged old carpet we occupied.  Miss Garner was