As I looked around the room I realized that there are no children in our ranks as even little Troy is about to celebrate his 18th birthday. My other thought was that these young people are all about the same age and being family and soon to be family they will have a wonderful life with close friendships forged over the years.
Theresa, Doris and myself were sitting together at the end of the table and as we watched the interaction among these folks we realized that in the coming years there will be a new generation coming along and we will be able to share some years with tiny ones at our get togethers in the future.There was also the feeling that this group are well prepared to take on the world and all it offers as they used their last years getting all learned up at the universities.
I heard some of the young people talking about what we should be thankful for and they had various answers to their feelings, I privately made a short list and the first one was gatherings like this when our family is once again together to celebrate the many events throughout the year. Not all families are either willing or able to share time with their loved ones and they miss one of the greatest gifts of all.
In this time of world turmoil I would love to see some sense of harmony among the warring nations and that we would not once again place our young people in harms way in foreign lands. For all the futility of war leaders continue to destroy property, kill innocent people and destroy dreams for millions of young people. My wish is that by this time next year there will be peace and understanding among the many troubled lands.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Ï'm interested in what you think ...