Hope

As a grandparent I am so amazed at the amount of love that I can feel for my grandchildren. Each one is so unique and incredibly beautiful. God in his omnipotence has created each with so much distinction and yet, there is a noticeable similarity that carries on the generations of family and will continue to through the ages. Each child carries on those generations from both their parents, as have we. As we continue towards the future, I pray that each child will continue to carry forth the past, as they create the future. It is our history that gives us the foundation upon which to build our future. The decision is ours- continue with the foundation that we have started with, or if that foundation is cracked and unstable, build a new stronger one that will give strength to future generations.  May they realize the importance and beauty of each one of their abilities, qualities, and distinctions that makes them so unique. I hope that they can embrace what makes them different and not be afraid of those differences. It is from those differences that we grow and learn tolerance.