remarque
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Thank you for taking my memories in the proper light.
Apr 10, 2019,19:24 PM
I did not want you to think that I was saying your son should not have such a gift. We all want to provide well for our families, do wonderful things for and by them, and see our children develop into good, caring, kind and grounded adults who can have beautiful objects and yet understand that objects are not the endgame to our lives.
Our childrens' formative years will never be like ours, just as mine was not like my parents (who grew up in the immediate post-depression era followed by WWII). Yet I wonder if it does not get more and more challenging nowadays to convey those truly important values when so much of what we use today is disposable rather than long-lasting and repairable, like that Smith-Corona, if one takes care of it well: this typewriter lasted and served me not only through high school and college and beyond, but still works today 45 years later. I do believe that having purchased it myself made it more valuable to me in a larger sense.
I guess it all comes down to the same thing: we do the best we can, and hope and pray that our [children/charges/underlings/etc] grow and prove to be people we love and are proud of, not only because they are our own, per se, but also because they have become their own best selves.
All the best, Marc