Oh, I just thought of something. I met a man while my husband and I were out to dinner one night. I happen to hear him talking about a day out fishing and that he donated his time as a big brother.

I called him over to the table and asked him about it. He told me it was very rewarding for him. He told me that many boys for some reason or another do not have a male figure to just do the things you wanted when you were young.

So he is a big brother. He doesn't get involved with the psychiatric stuff. He just takes who every it is out and does stuff with them. He takes them fishing and camping and all kinds of things. This gives a young boy an opportunity to have a mentor and a man to listen to them and show them kindness and teach them different things. I was deeply moved.

It may be something you might want to consider some day now that you are an empty nester and you do know what it is like to need that person.

Open Eyes