Love it! Thanks for your cleverness and good luck in college, I think- based only on your replies- that you’ll be able to do anything you choose. It has been a long time since I was in college, other than going back to complete my degree, part time nights, between 1990 and 2003. I obtained custody of my son in 1990, something I had tried to do since he was 3 years old then, lo and behold, two weeks after I returned to college and my ex suddenly decided it was too difficult to raise my son with her new husband. I was thrilled, of course, but I was single and feel a bit guilty now that I couldn’t spend as much time with him as I would’ve like- full-time day job, part-time night job and part-time studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. He turned out fine, though, and I now have a six-year granddaughter. Not to sound biased but she is absolutely gorgeous! And, like I was and her father, she was reading at age four and on a 3rd-grade level when she began first grade this year. From home, for now, but my son would never risk her health in any way. His son will be born next February and I know he’ll be as good to him as he’s been to Annabelle Grace.

I have to admit that my college mates were nowhere near as political as your generation when I first attended (1979) and I firmly believe it is your generation that will get this country rebuilt into a better, more fair, society than it has been since its founding.

Yes, I’m a “boomer” (at the tail end of that generation) but I’ve always been politically minded and liberal all the way. I want to help create the new society that young people such as you will bring us. Despite what some young people claim, not all “boomers” are bad, many of us want the same things for the next generations as younger people want and quite a few people around my age actively work towards those goals.

Thanks for your thoughts and feedback on my work, that is always appreciated. And helps me improve, as well.