Your kids sound like my daughter, Michelle, who plans to go back to grad school in the near years and to have no children. Daughter Nary comes from a huge his, hers, and ours Cambodian family and she gives me the grandkids, although she works 6 days a week doing nails and it's her partner Luther who does most parenting -- and is good at it, too. Nary's lucky to have him; he has a twin sister, Mom, Grandma and Greatgrandma at home in South Chicago and he gets living with women pretty well. Goodnight for now. Be well! Lynne

You know, Michelle still may too, but she sounds pretty decided not to; we'll see.

"I guess everyone has to find the time that's right for them. I just hope I have a little wisdom left to pass on by the time the grandkids show up..." Exactly! I can see already some of the ways in which having me as one of her grandparents will help Korinah (granddaughter almost 3); she needs to be able to take her time with things, and her family rushes her and she then digs in with a toddler "NO!". Godson Danny and I were talking about how he, Korinah and I were the slow-mo crew out of all the many others in our extended family, and how glad we were to have each other to confide in! These things are making sense of what can become wicked problems at the level of when they first take root, before all the rootworks of complicating factors lattice life. I am conscious of this when I'm with my godkids and grandchild.

Danny came out with a long and unexpected monologue about what I've meant in his life this week and reminded me of how much each little thing we think, observe, do, say affects everything else.

I love networks -- in the global sense and in what we call personal realms, actuated by computers, organizations, biorealms, families... they make sense to me like nothing else does. Guess that's why I'm here :)

Nice to hear about you and yours! Thanks. Lynne with an e

yes . that's why the first line of one of my poems is: we are we and i . at all levels: personal, family, organization/institution like government, community, country, yes, every time we flap our wings we vibrate everything and we get what we give and deserve and need and it all goes around . and peace be with you and yours

nitey nite from me with the e