To Sit At the Kids' Table

To lead or to follow, that is the question. We all, at different times and different circumstances, do both.

There's a line at the top on the right that you can click on to "follow". Nancy showed the lead by doing these blogs and getting me interested.

Some of you may remember a poem I wrote several years ago with the title of this entry. Most people have memories of family dinners, often either Thanksgiving or Christmas, when the kids would sit at a separate table than the adults. That's what the poem was about, a desire to go back to the simpler times before the responsibilities of adulthood set on. Many of us, including me, no longer have either parent living, and the great host of aunts, uncles, grandparents and sometimes cousins or siblings may be diminishing. If we have been blessed, as I have, with others to fill in the spots around the table, each passing may be viewed with a more even mind. When we also have spiritual guidance and comfort we can view it philosophically.

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may. Each of us has only so much time to make a difference here before we move on, too. May you do your best to make it a positive influence.