To Brian and Thomas Yarbrough, Zachary and Nicholas Wansley, In case you are counting, this makes the eighth straight year I have written you with a little grandfatherly advice at the beginning of the New Year. You might be interested to know that this is far and away the most popular column of the year with readers. Many share it with their children and grandchildren, and in … [Read more...] about January 8, 2007: To My Grandsons: Some Advice For The Year Ahead
Letters To My Grandsons
January 1, 2006: Annual Letter To My Grandsons
To My Grandsons: Cool Isn’t Cool. God, Country And Family Are To Zachary and Nicholas Wansley, Brian and Thomas Yarbrough: It has become tradition to write you guys at the first of the year and lay a little unsolicited advice on you. I’ve never asked what, if anything, you do with these pearls of wisdom. Perhaps it is best that I not know. I do know that I have lived a long … [Read more...] about January 1, 2006: Annual Letter To My Grandsons
January 3, 2005: To My Grandsons: Life Is Too Short To Waste
To Brian and Thomas Yarbrough, Zachary and Nicholas Wansley: Don’t look now, guys, but we are halfway through the first decade of the 21st century. That may not seem like a big deal to four active teenagers with the best years of their lives ahead of them, but from one who first saw the light of day before World War II, it is a little frightening. The older I get, the faster … [Read more...] about January 3, 2005: To My Grandsons: Life Is Too Short To Waste
May 2, 2004: To My Grandsons: Never Forget Our Heroes
To Zachary and Nicholas Wansley; Brian and Thomas Yarbrough: I have been sharing some thoughts with you at the beginning of each year in the hope that some of my reflections might prove helpful as you grow to adulthood. I will continue to do so as long as I have something meaningful to say, and you show some interest in wanting to hear it. So why am I writing you in the … [Read more...] about May 2, 2004: To My Grandsons: Never Forget Our Heroes
January 1, 2003: A Letter To My Grandsons
To Brian and Thomas Yarbrough; Zachary and Nicholas Wansley: When I wrote you this time last year, we had just experienced the worst terrorist attacks ever in our country. We were still in a state of shock over the events of Sept. 11, and were trying to absorb just how much evil human beings can do to one another. What a difference a year makes. Today, some people among … [Read more...] about January 1, 2003: A Letter To My Grandsons