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How Do You Teach the Lessons of Life When You Are Gone?
A letter about money written to my grandchild for her eighteenth birthday
This is one of a series of letters I wrote to my granddaughter when she was six to be read on her eighteenth birthday. I hope to be there for that big event… but in a world of uncertainty, and being a guy of a certain age, there are no guarantees of a tomorrow, which prompted this letter and the many others to her containing thoughts on life, love and finding your way as a young woman in this sometimes hard life.
My life has been a wondrous journey. I have been privileged to work with thousands of young adults trying to find their place and way forward in the world and I have learned much from them. Their struggles and lessons are things we can all learn from, especially one who just turns eighteen and is facing her own path forward.
This wisdom of the years is something I want to share with my granddaughter, but I may not be there for her as the person she might need to help her find her way, but my words can carry the love and hope I have for her and her future.
In case I am not there to sit and talk about the big issues of life, I wrote these letters to her in the hope my hard acquired lessons of…
