Sixth in a series

You Will Not Live Forever

Another letter to the one I love on her eighteenth birthday

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This is the sixth in 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 the 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 finding her own path forward.

This letter is about facing the reality in life that nothing lasts forever, something easy to deny when you are eighteen but still something everyone must face as he or she ages

This wisdom of the years is something I want to share with my granddaughter, but I may not be there for her as the…