In this article, the author relates how he had found solace and diversion in reading aloud while caring for his father who was undergoing chemotherapy. One particular incident left him completely immersed in reading that he did not noticed his father had been awakened from a deep sleep. From those experiences, the author observes how engagement in reading is sometimes so complete that people for that matter need to be physically jogged in order to return them to reality. Now, a teacher-librarian himself, the author discusses the benefits of reading aloud to others to students.