Letters August 21, 2000 Issue

YOUR LETTERS

"Her entire poem radiates the joy I felt watching the power of that child's smile."

with contributions from Paul Sheridan, Don L. Griffith, Sharon Jeffrey

I have just read "Always connected" (July 3), and I had to sit down and put my thoughts into words. I was waiting for my daughter to call before retiring. She calls every night because I live alone. After sixty-five years, I am alone, but the thought, "God goes with you and stays with me" reminds me that I am not alone. When I think of my wife it is, "God is with you, He is also with me." We are together still.

Paul Sheridan
Sacramento, California

While on a rapid transit train, I observed people's reactions to a baby in a stroller. The child was only a few months old but bright and alert and very aware of the people surrounding her. The adults sitting nearby took turns gaining eye contact and giving her wonderful smiles—which she joyfully returned to each one (me included).

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