"JOY" THROUGH GRANDCHILDREN'S EYES*

Late in the dreary month of March, I came across a very old file.  It held 12 stories I had written to my two small grandchildren when they and  I lived far from each other.  

The stories reminded me how much children, grandchildren and family can teach everyone even when we live in tumultuous times with noise levels blurring thinking and common sense.

Yet, we need to move forward finding ways  toward improvement and leaving self recrimination behind us.

But how to do this when often as a writer I have sounded more political than poetic, or when a good rant often stirs the hearts of my readers?

So was born the idea for my self-published book called "Joy."

With the help of a close friend, I took the stories I had written more than twenty years ago gathered them together and self published "Joy." The small book deals with things my grandchildren, Emma and Hoben experienced and did when they were very young children.

The stories have now provided me and them with the opportunity to share memories and laughter as we look to the future and our growth as people.

Perhaps, the next time when we speak of what we want for our children and grandchildren we need to first understand what the world means to them in terms of language and values they can understand.

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*Even though only twenty copies of "Joy" was published, I am in the process of writing a summary for readers who heard about it and requested  a copy.