Making an Effort

I have decided to use this blog as more than a viewing point for family pics and personal information, though my personal information will most likely creep in at times as I try to find a way to express my concerns about the world we live in, share experiences that I am thankful for, and make general commentary about the state of our world and how maybe we can begin to make a difference. I ask that those of you that know me personally (as those will be the main people viewing this page) not use personal names of our family members in statements to or about various postings that may appear.
Clearly you can see that my current view of the world is that there are a great deal of wonderful citizens of our world, but that the evil have an upper hand currently and my primary goal in life is protecting my family in all ways public and private from those who would prey on them. I am making an attempt to do this without making my little ones fearful of the world, but cautious and self sufficient.
I see the growing technology as a great way for little people like me to make my voice bigger and a perfect way for the evil to take advantage of the naive and innocent trusting souls that post their lives for all to see. One of my good friends right now is searching for a way to use this tech world to stay in good contact with family and friends and also protect her beautiful pics of her boys from being on a predatory computer at 2am. I hope she finds a full proof way soon., but I am not sure I will ever be comfortable with the process.
Maybe I wouldn't be so paranoid if I didn't have so many things to be thankful for in my life: a beautiful family, steady work, freedom to live as we choose and most recently a growing faith in Jesus that I am trying desperately to embrace. I am also thankful that my biggest concern at this time is the economic status of the US. We are healthy and simply need a little drilling and some alternative energy ideas and my little world would perk right up.
I have growing concerns about the world at large, however. And I worry that if we little folks don't start making more of a ruckus the world that our children should inherit may be lost before they get a chance to make their mark. I think our generation is special and I hope that maybe we can all brain storm together here to find ways to make a difference. So the offer is open to all the great minds I know. What can we do. How can we get people to listen... we could start simple with basic manners when is the last time someone waved a thank you for not running them over as they crossed the road. Or we could go bigger.. start our own lobby for common sense. My mind is open! My blog is available!