My Wise Old Grandmother - Mary Agnes Kirk, Russel Ray

May Agnes Kirk was my paternal grandmother,
who adopted me in December 1965 when she
was almost 55 years old and I was three months
shy of 11.

The purpose of this site is to share the wisdom and
knowledge that my wise old grandmother shared
with me. I hope that you will spend some time with
the elderly in your life so that we don’t lose what
they have to offer. Talk with them, write down
their stories, and share them with others!

My wise old grandmother taught me a lot with her
love of life; her knowledge about life, which came
from the “school of hard knocks” (she had only a
first-grade education), her wonderful words of
wisdom, which I typed and put in my notebook;
and her love of nature, of which cats, dogs, birds,
and gardening were most prominent. She had a
particular fondness for neglected, injured, or
mistreated animals, and we were always adopting
dogs and cats from the alley behind our house.
Her other fondness was for music, and me playing
both the piano and the violin, as well as being a
singer, might have given her hope that she could
make someone out of me.

While I don’t necessarily think that today’s world
is any more enamored with war, lies, deceit, sex,
greed, negativity, and sports star worship than at
any time in the past, it seems like it is. I would
submit that it seems that way merely because there
are now over six billion people on Earth. Couple
that fact with the speed with which the media can
cover such subjects, as well as the speed with
which society members themselves can cover such
subjects through YouTube, MySpace, etc.,
including this site, and we seem to be inundated
with a lot of negativity. I hope to bring something
positive to the world through this site, represented
by the positive and beautiful words of knowledge
and wisdom conveyed to me by my wise old
grandmother. Her spirit lives on.

Click on the picture of my wise old grandmother at
the right to learn more about her, and click on any
of the pictures at the upper right (they appear on
every page) to learn more about me and my
relationship with my wise old grandmother, and to
enjoy the love that she shared with me, her
adopted son. Perhaps you can find something
inspirational here, or maybe I have some
professional real estate, business, or marketing
services that can help you.

This is an ongoing project which I started on
November 28, 2007, when I bought the domain
name. Eventually this site will be open to all so
that you can share those tidbits of knowledge and
wisdom that your parents, grandparents, great
grandparents, aunts, uncles, or anyone, really, has
shared with you, and that you’d like to share with
others. Please check back whenever you can to
see what’s going on, and remember to tell your
family, friends, and business associates about my
wise old grandmother!

Russel Ray (formerly Russel Ray Kirk)