Böcker av Joanne Edwards

In 2015, everything changed for Joanne Craven. Her life was just beginning the golden years with her husband Bob. They married on April 16, 1977, in a small town called Itasca in Illinois, at the Bethany Church. Their love was so strong, nothing could break them apart. Love can conquer everything, or so she thought. 2015 - Bob and Joanne had plans to retire soon. Bob was approaching 65 years of age and their children were all grown. They had a beautiful home on a lake that they built on land purchased when the children were young. With two grandchildren and just getting news that a third one was going to be born, they took a trip to Florida to witness the birth of their first grandson, and first boy in the family. Life seemed perfect. But the year 1969 came back to haunt them. The year Bob went to Camp Lejeune for Naval Hospital Corps School. He made wonderful ties with a fellow Corpsman, John H. Swift, and through the years ahead, they corresponded with the hand written letter very seldom used today. 13 letters in all, Joanne found later tucked away together in a drawer. She never could have imagined what those letters would bring to her.

The great experiment of the worldwide web of the internet has connected the world globally and recreated the world into a global village. The outcome of this experiment remains a mystery.A civilized and progressive society succeeds when it remains private. A savage and regressive society succeeds when it remains public and is governed by the laws of the tribe. Will artificial intelligence one day do all our thinking for us?The invention of the television was the world''s first addiction to screens. And like the internet, is now open twenty-four, seven, every day of the year. Both inventions are used by societies in homes and businesses for entertainment, communication, information, and shopping. Now we live in the modern world of the digital age of handheld mobile devices of screens that are also open twenty-four, seven, every day of the year. We can now access entertainment, communication, information, and shopping while moving around in public places and riding metro buses and subways.The availability of screens has moved the global village to a more socially isolated global village rather than a more connected global village. Face to face conversations are becoming rarer simply because it is easier to use a screen.I have found myself to feel frightfully alone among a crowd of people who are looking at their handheld mobile devices while in public places and riding metro buses or subways.Physical diseases can be controlled or cured with medicines. The only cure for hopelessness, despair, and loneliness is human companionship, love, and a hug. Perhaps our modern lives have too many different pieces which are changing too fast for many of us to understand. A wise old owl lived in an oak;The more he saw, the less he spoke;The less he spoke, the more he heard;Why can''t we all be like that bird?-Edward Hersey Richards