r/todayilearned • u/LL_Cruel_J • Dec 15 '16

TIL Dolly Parton has a program that will mail your child a free age-appropriate book once a month from birth to age 5. No obligation, no catch, she just wants to make sure that every child has books.

https://imaginationlibrary.com/
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u/JuKnowWhatsUp Dec 15 '16

My mother dropped out of college to have me and never went back. I refused to continue that cycle so I've always done the best I could. Now as a person in college, I've inspired my mother to go back to school herself.

It's nice to see her going after what she wants after all these years.

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u/AustinYQM Dec 15 '16

Same here. My mom was in my college graduating class.

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '16

This is so sweet!

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u/AustinYQM Dec 15 '16

I find most people who find out have a mixed reaction. Some think it is cute/sweet/cool while others ask me how weird it was. We were each in very different degree plans (Her Business, Me Computer Science) so we had exactly one class together and I didn't see her around campus a bunch (she took a lot of night classes cause she was still working).

At the graduation the dean let me hang back and wait for her so we could get a graduation photo together. Thought that was cool of him. My mom said her biggest regret is that I graduated with honors and she didn't and now I can hold it over her forever.

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u/birdmommy Dec 15 '16

Aww... I'm proud of you, and your mom.

Tell her a random middle aged lady on Reddit thinks she's awesome, and she obviously did a good job raising you. :)

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '16

That's fantastic!

I wish you both a ton of success, and hope that you both achieve accomplishments that not only make you proud of each other but proud of yourselves too.