Dear Wake Up Family: If you were driving your car and came to a railroad crossing, its lights flashing and gates lowered, would you rush around them to be on your way? No one in their right mind would do that. A flashing red light means, “Danger! There’s trouble ahead. Be Careful.” Before the flood,…
Dear Wake Up Family: On the 1st day of April 2002, a 96-year-old man quietly passed away in a soldier’s nursing home on the south coast of Finland. He was a small man, only standing five feet tall, who had been a farmer in his prime. In his youth, however, many decades earlier, Simo Hayha…
Dear Wake Up Family and Friends, While writing this month’s letter, I took a little time to peruse a few news headlines. Here are some I found: “Time to Trash Your Face Mask? Not So Fast” “Singapore Brings in New COVID Restrictions after Airport Outbreak” “India Reports More Than 343,000 COVID Cases” “Israel Attacks Gaza…
Dear Wake Up Friends, During the past few months, national economies throughout the world are experiencing unprecedented upheaval due to the coronavirus epidemic. The economic impact extends far beyond the disease itself. As of early May 2020, more than 26 million jobs have been lost in the U.S. in just five weeks. Some economists project…
