where the writers are What We Leave Behind graduation and summer
023.jpg  The only thing we do on this planet that connects us
past the time we are alive here is to leave children behind. 
Yes, we can leave works of art and fiction; we can construct
 buildings, pass laws, create organizations but eventually our
imprint will disappear.  With children (and as long as humans
exist on the planet, which lord knows might not be too long at
this point), we can leave part of our genes, part of our
behaviors, part of our effort here.  If you are a very lucky
human without children and great accomplishment, you might be
revered the world wide for your sonnets or philosophies or plays
or notions.  We all know the names of those people right now. 
But most of us, truly, have nothing but family.  People who
don't have children shouldn't despair about this fact because
often what we leave behind isn't that wonderful.  We have bad
habits and large foreheads that likely should be wiped out of
the human population.  But the t