cydlawenhau: the blog

Robert D Hales: Sev­eral years ago I was read­ing the news­pa­per when one of my young grand­sons snug­gled up to me. As I read, I was delighted to hear his sweet voice chat­ter­ing on in the back­ground. Imag­ine my sur­prise when, a few moments later, he pushed him­self between me and the paper. Tak­ing my face in his hands and press­ing his nose up to mine, he asked, “Grandpa! Are you in there?”
Mother, Father, are you in there? Grandpa, Grandma, are you there? Being there means under­stand­ing the hearts of our youth and con­nect­ing with them. And con­nect­ing with them means not just con­vers­ing with them but doing things with them too.