Toby Price

I was spinning the rack looking through the comic books that I wanted to buy before my dad paid for the gas.

And he walked up to me and he said, what you got there?

And I said, well, I got a few books.

I can't decide on which ones to get.

And he said, get them all.

Because see, when I was little, I used to think that reading was boring.

But it turns out it wasn't boring.

I just needed to practice.

And my dad figured out to get me to practice, he needed to give me the books that I wanted to read.

Captain America.

The Avengers, Spider-Man, y'all I love Spider-Man.

Spider-Man was a nerd just like me.

He was smart, I was smart.

He married way out of his league, so did I. He could climb walls.

I tried too many times and it didn't work.

But all of that reading and all that practicing helped me become a better reader.

It helped me decide what I wanted to do when I grow up.

I wanted to be a superhero.

But sadly, I don't think I would look as good in the tights as they do.

So I did the next best thing.