GENDADS

[Thus begins a series of letters to Taylor and Colton, grandsons at 12 and 10. Taylor in his "Year of Passage" to his man-year at 13; eldest, bright, responsible, tech-
savvy. Colton; deep, curious, engaging building his own path. I'll engage them in letters from my heart and my generation and from my Walk With God. It's my investment in my legacy...AND THEIRS, and it's part of the tough journey to complete GENERATIONAL FATHERING (see website). Later I will include letters to the bright-spirited, effervescent, charming Brooke. Girls, too, need two or more generations of good and godly fathers.]

COLTON AND TAYLOR

G’morning, boys. It’s been awhile cranking out this letter. It’s been deep in my heart, just hasn’t made it through my fingertips. You know what I say about whinning. Ok, so I won’t…except I’m blamming my weeks of computer stress on the loving and all-knowing God Creator (who finally sent me a tech-savvy beginning angel looking for his wings. All he did for me was earn maybe 50 feathers). You’ve heard me talk about God’s sovereignty, right? This is where knowing that He is in control of all stuff and happenings is handy. it kept me from throwing my new Dell through the window. Not a good idea.

Speaking of Dell, Taylor, thanks for you tutering on the new laptop. I like it, mostly. Am listening to worship music on the great on-board speakers (confession: the first album on my iTunes download was Willey and the Wild West). I guess I’ll like Wiindows 7; every body else seems to. But loosing three months of Outlook files in a faulty backup has sucked up three weeks of my life. Then I let God whisper, again, about how even this sort of thing (He says ALL things) work toward my growth. “Hey, Lord, enough already. I’m 70. Put your growing tricks on someone else. Like Charis. She sure could use it.”

Guys, I know about the attention span thing and the distraction of other things going on in the Net world. I’ll send you two or three letters a week. If I have a deep or long subject, like the major one today, I’ll stretch it out over a couple of readable sessions. Short and seet is the idea.

For example, as I planned my heart/life/experience/wisdom-swap to you guys, I decided on a cornerstone theme. Integrity. Let’s take a Popi Peek and how I see it applies to you. – - – - – More

New computer and lost data issues almost settled. I wanted to get back on line and up on GenDads yesterday. Got sidetracked. A really good sidetrack. I met an old friend for breakfast, but it was two hours away. Worth the trip and the day away. And did I say, “OOOoooold friend?”