Most people live as if there is nothing at stake, some others for self. Some live as if they have second chance, while some live without any intention of leaving a legacy for posterity or to impart on their generation.

From the time I was a very young child I was taken to visit the cemeteries where my ancestors are now buried. It can be a fascinating experience reading those old gravestones, listening to the stories, the tales about these people who are your kin and trying to imagine what their lives were like; what happened between the day they were born and the day they died.

"What you do speaks so loudly, that I cannot hear what you say."

Ralph Waldo Emerson.

In 2006 Luke Durbin went missing, but this is no isolated case, millions go missing each year, what about those left behind?

A part poem-part prose write about questioning your very existence.

F. Scott Fitzgerald uses The Great Gatsby to portray life experiences and the mid-western values he was raised with.

An essay.

This article looks at the concept of legacy students and if they are good or bad.

Wondrous Words Wednesday (8/31/11)

This article looks at an individual who unfortunately isn’t as yet a house-hold name, but his work certainly is, having helped countless homeless people get a footing back on the road to self-respect.