How true this is!

Just thought this was a great post on Facebook and fitting!

Happy Thanksgiving - some thoughts

May all of the world be blessed this year with peace.

Hopefully all the violence in the world will subside.  Was watching a CNN special on the sixties and realized that back in that decade, politicians were shot.  Now, children are shooting children in schools.  Movie theaters aren't safe.  Gunshots ring out in college libraries. How sad that the world has changed so much. Has the violence always been there and the Internet brings it into our homes more now?  I don't have a clue.  Do you? Let me know what you think about the state of affairs when it comes to violence and how it has changed.

Poem from Reily

Posted this on Facebook, but I didn't want to lose it so I thought I would share it here.  Reily, my soon to be 12 year-old granddaughter wrote it about her brother, Andy.  It made the whole family cry.  It is especially poignant due to the fact it is one day before the fourth anniversary of the death by suicide of her cousin, Tyler.  Both grandsons are missed and hold a special place in our hearts. 

He sometimes is sad
He sometimes is mad
But always smiles
Sometimes he laughs
Sometimes he cries
And the world never dies
When you get to know him
He is the best...
At least when he wants
When he is sad he frowns
When he is mad he scolds
When he is happy he smiles
And when he smiles it goes on for miles

When he smiles it is warm
When he is sad everyone is there
When he is cheered he is fair
He has a kind heart
And a warm soul
That is better than silver and gold

You will love him from day one
Well I did and I had fun
His time on Earth now is through
But no one could forget you

I still love you
I won't deny
Always since the sparkle in your eye
Even though you aren't here
You are as special as you were when you left

Thank you, Reily, for being who you are.  Love you.