Today my story partner didn’t really have a concrete story in mind but he did talk to me about his favorite music being rap music even though he doesn’t listen to music much. But I told my story about my dad playing ABBA on the car radio on grocery store trips when I was a kid. He even decided to ask me to read his story I typed up out loud. I noticed he asked me first because I think he wanted to avoid talking about his literacy. He also said his handwriting was sloppy to maybe avoid saying anything about his writing skills. So I offered to write his story for him if he draws and colors to accompany the words in his story. He also drew out an entire football field and players on paper to show me how it would look and I gave him ideas.

I noticed more fidgeting this time around and when I tried to lean in to hear him he unconsciously moved his chair back gradually. I think he wanted space which I understand but I have a hard time hearing people when the room is loud and also my voice isn’t that loud to begin with. It’s still a bit hard for me to make conversation and carry that conversation so I let him ask me some questions about college and I answered them. I think it’ll be better once we have something tangible to work on like the storybook. But I think he is excited to work on his story drawings and was happy when I offered to write his story out for him.