Teaching Fernando To Read

And seeing Jesus’ bilingual smile

Carolyn Parr
Nov 7 · 4 min read
Photo by Ben White on Unsplash

Since I was a kid in public school in Miami, I’ve been fascinated with foreign languages. I had several Cuban friends and I begged them to teach me Spanish. They taught me some bad words as well as nice ones. If I wasn’t sure what they meant, I’d say, “Igualmente!” (“Same to you!”). We’d all laugh.

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