Family Is Worth The Trouble:

Something To Think About, Family:

This is the first STTA I'm sending out this year.  Kathy and my year began with a mammoth 3,000+ mile car trip to Louisiana and Texas. The question  hangs in the air. The answer is contained in the picture at the top of this email.  Like many families in our day ours is spread across many miles.  Our elder son and his family live near Monroe Louisiana, his little brother is five hours farther in College Station Texas.  On the way to see their families, my wife and I were privileged to be involved in the formation of another family.  Family is worth the effort.  It was only for a couple of hours, but between visits with each of our sons' families, we were able to get everyone together for a couple of hours.  It caused my gray head to swell.   Family takes work. Over the years I have often had conversations with dads who wanted to leave, moms who wanted to quit, spouses who wanted to split, and kids wanted to run away or blow the whole thing up. Often that would be the easiest thing to do, and indeed there are situations when families just can't be saved, but building families, doing family, and working hard to preserve a family is always a good thing. It's worth the effort. It's STTA.