and so it will go on

 

the picnic 

was ending. goodbyes were

starting to be said. three were

leaving first with joey

giving a ride to joel and the

kid with blue hair.

joel and mr blue hair gave me goodbye

hugs. happy ones while joey stayed where

he was waiting for them atop the steep slope 

of al and leah's backyard  by the potomac river.

something in my heart leapt with a deep

emotional thought.  i knew that i witnessed

how paase our organization will

live on forever and ever. from the effort of the 

generous caring hearts of octagenarian

founders like joey showing kindness 

to an ideals filled awestruck newbie scientist

with blue hair and an ever enthusiastic

dreamer joel who came all the way from the Arizona 

desert. here was joey a nobel prize climate

change multi awarded aging oldtimer

still making a point to come and brave the steep hill

of a backyard to be present  because that is

the way it is gonna be.  what was conceived

will go on through the heart not just the brain.

i do not want the founders dream to ever end.

it won't.  the founders will not allow

that to happen. and this was how the 

apams meeting ended for me with this hope

and awesome feeling of gratefulness.