All around me, including in my own family, I am witnessing the changes wrought by age. Some of the people I know from Rotary (who are in their 70's) are suffering severe changes to their bodies, their lifestyles, their concerns for their families, and their outlook on life. Recently we had a "discussion" as to whether local Rotary charity funds should be designated for a "public school." Some Rotarians resigned because they could not admit that funds from local taxes weren't enough to cover all the costs of running local schools ... an amazing mistake on their parts.
Local schools, even in the relatively rich district of Savannah/Chatham, are in deep trouble. So very many giveaways of school supplies, books, writing utensils, toilet paper, and even volunteer time -- all testify to this evident fact. Yet some of our intrepid Rotarians insist that all that is the "venue" of the School Board and local school taxes. How blind can we be?
In my own family I am beginning to see the effects of disease and aging on my siblings and their families. My own wife passed away ten years ago, at a young age, due to IBC Breast Cancer. It was a premature and horrible death -- undeserved for the beautiful young woman who suffered it. And now my older siblings and their spouses are beginning to feel the "footsteps of the future" in their own lives. It is a horrible and inevitable outcome that we all await!
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