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I miss you, Demos.



You've been away over a month this time.

Don't be a stranger.

if you're going to Chicago, here are a few travel and music tips from the Calumet City Chamber of Commerce:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKheI9DuQeY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTRXnuoK1ss

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn_PF4L470w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTRwRdf43Gc

If you're traveling down to Sanford to protest, you'll probably go through Georgia:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IumnmhnPJKQ

If you're traveling anywhere on this third rock from the Sun, try to hit these bass notes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_36hM9d7Fo

where are u from?
that question seems simple, but the answer can involve several continents when you're a missionary kid

it's sort of hard to lean on the local sheriff/prosecutor/judge/mayor/local gossip

when you have more than one geographical connection, it probably gives you a broader perspective on life.
Having said that, some of the most open-minded people I have ever met are from a little town called Hindman, KY.

I met one of them back in '69 in Durham, Ontario, of all places. Or maybe it was in Jersey Shore, PA, nine months earlier...I forget.

Maybe connection with a place or places isn't as important as the connections we develop with people. Connections with people, looking back, may not appear now to be as strong as we thought when we were more directly connected with them.

But looking at history, life experience, etc., it's important to enjoy and appreciate the connections available to us right now. They may be a great source of strength even though they may understand nothing of what we have experienced on other continents.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJY9e8WZ3yg
Vince Gill Alison Krauss Ricky Skaggs Go Rest High On That Mountain

Time was so short with you.
I never got to hear a lot about what it was like to serve with Gen. Hap Arnold in WWII.
What was it like to plow fields, teach school, join the Army.
What was it like to argue a case before the state supreme court.
You never got to see me act in the school play.
You never got to see me compete on field day.
I wish I could have shown you my grades.
Most of the time while I grew up, I was 5,000 miles from your steady influence.
Some day, I hope to catch up on all that.
This is the song you asked me to sing at your funeral. Maybe we can sing it together soon.
Sometimes I get tired of this life, and I think of your chuckle, and the kind way you always treated Grandma, and the way you never gave up, and the way you died with your boots on, and it's always an encouragement to keep going.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpwQO3ckqNI
Because He Lives - Gaither Vocal Band