Words from your Web Master
I
don't know if I can continue this project for another five years....but
I'll try. I believe that sharing photos and news across the
scattered family helps keep us all connected. At least I hope it
does. And I hope that it helps the grand kids understand
that they are part of something bigger than themselves, a family.
In our case it is a richly varied and widely scattered family.
But a family in the true sense of the word for all that.
I realize that our family is far
too large and diverse for everyone to agree on all matters. Maybe
in some cases there is little agreement on anything. But that
doesn't matter as long as we remember that we are, in the end, a true
family.
I worry about the world that my
grandchildren and great grandchildren will inherit. I worry that
greed and violence and intolerance are spiraling out of control in our
country as they have in many others. I worry that my children
will
face economic difficulties far beyond what exist now. I worry
that my grandchildren and great grand children will face war.
But with all those worries, when I look into the bright, confident
faces of my grandchildren I am filled with hope. You represent
the best that one generation can pass on to the next. Your
enthusiasm and eagerness for life is boundless. May you
always have the opportunity, in a peaceful world, to follow your dreams
in confidence and with the assurance that within the family there
is always someone you can turn to for help in time of need.
Love,
Grandpa Mike
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