That is so true. Millions of us sit in cubicles doing jobs we don't relate to for giant, lumbering corporations, so we can earn enough to pay for toys we don't have time for and homes we are rarely around. All the while, our kids are out doing their own thing and our extended families are spread all over the globe so we rarely visit. It's become a crazy, indirect life as we all run wildly in different directions. Even the traditional family schedules have been lost; "weekends" could be any day of the week, "suppertime" is laughably quaint. What have we done to ourselves?
I remember being an innocent little boy ... I remember kindergarten plays and laughter ... I remember dreams and hopes ... I remember mama and dad ... I remember.
I'm close to sixty years old and I believe now, I am the keeper of the gate to that time and age for my children, much to the distaste of those that know me and us ... and my children feel the draw of a world that entices them to do and be different. Different from me ... different from my beliefs and memories ... different away from God.
My America is no more as it was and perhaps will/can never be again .. but I will persevere and lay my head down at the last .. a smile .. I tried.
I love you kids, more than you know nor understand now ... but I truly believe, one day, you will know me and ma and say "Thank you" .
God bless you
God Bless America
again.