Give Ray Away

My dear sweet son Aidan came up to me the other day and in a quiet little voice handed this little Whirly Gigg over to me and said "Dad I think you should have this."

Quite a few summers back Dad came up to Alaska to visit in the summer. We had a grand ol' time as usual. We went canoeing on the local lake and Dad started collecting a bunch of goose and sea gull feathers on a little island we landed on. He just started picking them up and the kids asked why and he would not answer except for a twinkle in his eye. They got a bit excited by the mystery and picked up feathers too. We got back to the house and it turns out that Dad had spotted some corn cobbs laying around from a bar b que a day or two before. So he got to work and made some whirly giggs by cutting the cobs in half, digging a bit of a hole in one end and stuffing the feathers in there. Then he gave it a big toss... arching high into the air and it twirled and twisted down to squeals of delight. The kids played with those things a bunch. Next time some neighbor kids came over Dad had to set himself up a mini factory to keep up with the demand.. and kids were flying all over the yard chasing the things and launching them again and again. So next time summer rolls around in your neck of the woods - hold onto a few corn cobbs and look out for stray feathers. Build yourself one of these simple little pieces of wonder and joy and Give Ray Away...
Or just anything Ray has given you or taught you that will enrich another .. give it a way. I'm sure that is what he'd want you to do and it is one way you can keep him alive.