Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Next Up!


Wyatt James Toombs is my middle grandchild, my oldest grandson and a great little buddy!

I snapped this more than "close up" of him while the two of us were out back in my garage "buildin'" and "fixin" stuff.

I love these times with my grandchildren.

Of course, we had found the time to take a break or two for a cookie snack (note the condition of Wyatt's mouth--clear evidence of our mutual love of cookies!).

I'm not sure why, possibly it is my advancing age, but whenever I am with these amazing children, I think about two other things:

1) all of the other children and grandchildren of all the other parents and grandparents across the country and around the world, and

2) the future all of these children will face and with which they will have to deal.

Both thought tracks tend to sober me up.

No one has ever had sweeter, better, more wonderful grand kids than me! As soon as I feel or say something like that, I know that I've lost my crazy, grand dad mind again.

Weird how that works.

That assessment is both completely true, at least for me, and completely false, if I am talking to you and you are a grandparent too!

The grander truth is simply that every child is a treasure worthy of our best efforts at crafting a better and more wonderful world today.

The future is important because of the sacred nature of every life. People matter more than anything else.

What we do today, those battles we fight and those issues we address, will largely determine the kind of world our little ones inherit from us.

Wyatt, Gracie and, now, little Owen force these important thoughts on my heart, mind and soul.

Lots to live for here and out your way as well.
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Data needed: if you are reading this post, take a moment and respond with at least one word--the name of the city, town, state or nation where you live.

50 comments:

Anonymous said...

Houston!

Anonymous said...

Abilene, Texas

Frank Bellizzi said...

Larry, you're not completely nuts. He really is a good-lookin' boy. Enjoy those cookies! Oh, Amarillo, TX

Anonymous said...

Coppell, Texas

Anonymous said...

San Antonio, TX

Brice said...

Burbank, CA

Anonymous said...

Windsor, CT

Eric Livingston said...

Jackson, MS

Unknown said...

Richardson, TX

Daniel Gray said...

Abilene, TX

Anonymous said...

Middletown,New Jersey

Anonymous said...

Waco, Tx

jocelyn said...

Dallas, TX

dmowen said...

Dallas,TX

Unknown said...

Madison, AL

Anonymous said...

Farmers Branch, TX

Heather said...

Absolutely adorable!
Fort Collins, CO.

Anonymous said...

Searcy, AR

Anonymous said...

College Station, Tx

Anonymous said...

ROLL TIDE !
Athens, AL

Anonymous said...

Phoenix, AZ

Anonymous said...

Dallas, Texas (but I wish I was in California!)

Unknown said...

Austin, TX yee-haw!

Anonymous said...

Gresham, Oregon (That's OH-ree-gun) to you Texans.

Larry, you are an inspiration to me, every day. Thanks for taking the time every day to blog your journey, and teaching with your example.

Anonymous said...

Abilene

Anonymous said...

Las Vegas, NV

Globalizati said...

Searcy, AR

Anonymous said...

Montgomery, Al

Anonymous said...

Old East Dallas, baby

Larry Wishard said...

Larry Wishard, Denver.
I'm a grandad too. Loved the article.

JD said...

Pascagoula, Mississippi

Anonymous said...

Irving, Texas

Anonymous said...

Oklahoma City

Craig said...

Richardson, Texas

Looking forward to taking my mother-in-law to Vince Gill for her 88th birthday monday.

Scott McBryde said...

Abilene, TX

Anonymous said...

Abilene

Anonymous said...

Thanks for all you and Central Dallas Ministries do. You are so right. Grandkids are truly magic. Looking forward to Vince Gill on Monday.

Anonymous said...

Stephenville, Texas

NSRU said...

Rowlett, TX

Anonymous said...

Fort Worth!

Anonymous said...

Chicago, IL

Anonymous said...

Oak Ridge, TN Go Vols!

Anonymous said...

Please give that sweet boy a hug for me - and enjoy all those moments with him! - Dallas, TX

Anonymous said...

Plano, TX

Rick Stravers said...

Kalamazoo, Michigan

Arlene Kasselman said...

Amarillo, TX

Anonymous said...

Abilene, TX

Hey Larry, you can add some code from statcounter.com to your site and have geaographic information on all your visitors. You can also see their referring links... No personal info is included, of course.

Just thought that it may help. I've been using it forever.

Anonymous said...

Brentwood, Tennessee

Anonymous said...

Nashville, Tenn.

Anonymous said...

Atlanta, GA