To My Grandsons: Cool Isn’t Cool. God, Country And Family Are To Zachary and Nicholas Wansley, Brian and Thomas Yarbrough: It has become tradition to write you guys at the first of the year and lay a little unsolicited advice on you. I’ve never asked what, if anything, you do with these pearls of wisdom. Perhaps it is best that I not know. I do know that I have lived a long … [Read more...] about January 1, 2006: Annual Letter To My Grandsons
2006 Columns
Aug. 21, 2006: Grandsons at Tech and UGA Make For Some Hard Choices
I’ve been a grandfather for more than 19 years, and until now it has been a slam-dunk. Grandparenting is great revenge for those fortunate enough to have survived raising their own kids. Now you get to listen to your children complain about how temperamental their kids are, conveniently forgetting that they were a king-sized horse’s rump themselves at the same age. You also … [Read more...] about Aug. 21, 2006: Grandsons at Tech and UGA Make For Some Hard Choices