We are now approaching the end of the 10th year of the second thousand years after the center point the world has established for the measure of the passage of time.
This decade started things off with a bang. The 911 attacks came right at the beginning with the effects of that date with us to this day. Some of our loved ones are no longer with us as a result and others are serving overseas and elsewhere in ways that none of us had dreamed of on that first day of this new decade and new millennium.
In the midst of this is the loss of the children who will not grow up and move into the next decade with the rest of us. Those missing and lost children will miss out on the wonders that lie ahead. We can all only hope that in the next decade and those that follow, changes and circumstances will occur to reduce the number of missing and exploited children among us. We can also hope that in the next decade, some of the lost will be found.
We can close out this decade, with at least THAT hope.
MURT
