Our three girls and two of the boys came out alright. The girls are all married and raising families of their own. One of the boys (37) lives in Peoria and has helped with elementary school basketball for the last 23 years (since the year after he got out of 8th grade). The other son, while still at home has a good job and has purchased his own car and hopes that within a year to be able to afford getting a place of his own. In the meantime, he does all he can to help us around out house.

Two of the boys, on the other hand, have had more diffculty. Our oldest son seemed to have had a real problem growing up. Now 42, he finally seems like he's turned around, but it was a long, long, time coming around.

Now our youngest son is struggling, too. We keep hoping and praying and we've tried to get him some help, but there's still a ways to go. I've got hopes, though. He's a really likeable son who I think just got mixed up with some bad company.

We have seen the drop in kids respect for authority and for adults. Not in all kids, but in a larger percentage than I wish. Not sure what it'll take to see things turn around, but, I worry a lot for the next generation.