Scattered Like Leaves

"One Of These Days" - Neil Young
One of these days,
I'm gonna sit down
and write a long letter
To all the good friends I've known
And I'm gonna try
And thank them all
for the good times together.
Though so apart we've grown.
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From down in L.A.
All the way to Nashville,
From New York City
To my Canadian prairie home
My friends are scattered
Like leaves from an old maple.
Some are weak, some are strong.

A few years ago, one of my friends in Moscow told me a story about a letter. Chlea Gregory had been sending a "round robin" letter to her family for about 50 years. About once a month a very special envelope would show up in the mailbox. It wasn't a bill, credit card offer, or sweepstakes package, but an envelope filled with newsy tidbits from the lives of her beloved family members spread out like leaves from an old tree. Every time she recieved the envelope she would remove her letter and quickly read one letter from each of her family. When she was done, she would scribble out her own update and send it with all the other letters to the next one on the list. You see, back then, without the ease of telephone and internet, this really was the fastest and easiest way to keep in close contact with her family.

Here we are in the fancy shmancy 21st century and I don't think we have a CLUE what is happening in each other's lives. I know that not everyone has time (or the desire) to create their own blog and post once or twice a week... but what about if we had a blog for the WHOLE family? Our very own "round robin" letter that we could come to to catch up, vent, and just get closer. Well, now we do! I sure hope that I won't be the only one posting here because I really can't wait to hear (and see) what you all are up to!