We're looking foreward to moving into our new apartmet; however, the neighbor's pets are already looking in the windows. I guess they are just as eager to see the new Harry Potter film as we are - man, they're just going to have to wait!
Thank you for taking the time to visit; enjoy the posts...
Legacy Box
After living up here in Dallas, for going on three years now, I've finally located the burial plots of both sets of my grandparents; it was a Long Now moment for me. Which got me to thinking about my own mortality, and history. My life seems to be repleat with lessons learned, and examples set. Looking back on things I've often wondered what I will be leaving behind as a legacy for my grand-daughter, her children, and those who follow her.
Then the idea of making a time capsule - of sorts - struck me. My wife and I went out and bought a really nice decorative box; to be filled with momentoes. We're all going to write personal letters of importance, and our desired hopes for Savannah. The chest will be wraped up in a sealed box, hidden away - up in our colset - and (hopefully) remembered in time for Savannah's 20th birthday.
The box itself will be a special gift, but its contents of: personal letters, a lock of her baby hair, and tokens of the time period she was born - will hopefully be an interesting milestone marker for her. As an adult, my wife and I have precious little reminders of our own parents, and grandparents.
I've come across very few individuals who know anything of their own family heiritage. Would it not be fasinating, in your own life, to come across such a treasure trove - either hidden away up in the attic, or gifted you at some important time in your life? Some token, resurfacing from the past, that shed even a glimering light on all the odd little stories you heard growing up?
Then the idea of making a time capsule - of sorts - struck me. My wife and I went out and bought a really nice decorative box; to be filled with momentoes. We're all going to write personal letters of importance, and our desired hopes for Savannah. The chest will be wraped up in a sealed box, hidden away - up in our colset - and (hopefully) remembered in time for Savannah's 20th birthday.
The box itself will be a special gift, but its contents of: personal letters, a lock of her baby hair, and tokens of the time period she was born - will hopefully be an interesting milestone marker for her. As an adult, my wife and I have precious little reminders of our own parents, and grandparents.
I've come across very few individuals who know anything of their own family heiritage. Would it not be fasinating, in your own life, to come across such a treasure trove - either hidden away up in the attic, or gifted you at some important time in your life? Some token, resurfacing from the past, that shed even a glimering light on all the odd little stories you heard growing up?
David Snow Presents...
A friend sent me an e-amail the other day, with a website by a man having the same name as me. I found that rather curious. So I did a search of others with my name.
If you ever become frustrated with things not going the way you hoped, or maybe depressed that you life is not quiet turning out the way you wanted it to. Or been thinking "what if I had take the road less traveled;"then just do a search on your name. Myabe, like me, you will find a little encouragement in knowing that someone out there IS doing something different than me, and maybe even vicariously so am I. If "the other me" can do great things, then surely there's hope for this version of me to accomplish great things as well. I could be anything: A Mental Health Worker, Tour Guide, A Web Designer, A Tatoo Artist, An Attorny at Law, or even a Sociology Professor.
We all have greatness in ourselves; finding it may take a lifetime, but it's in the journey where we grow.
If you ever become frustrated with things not going the way you hoped, or maybe depressed that you life is not quiet turning out the way you wanted it to. Or been thinking "what if I had take the road less traveled;"then just do a search on your name. Myabe, like me, you will find a little encouragement in knowing that someone out there IS doing something different than me, and maybe even vicariously so am I. If "the other me" can do great things, then surely there's hope for this version of me to accomplish great things as well. I could be anything: A Mental Health Worker, Tour Guide, A Web Designer, A Tatoo Artist, An Attorny at Law, or even a Sociology Professor.
We all have greatness in ourselves; finding it may take a lifetime, but it's in the journey where we grow.
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