GOOD MORNING AND GOD BLESS: MY SON LIONEL CALLED ME YESTERDAY LAUGHING ON THE PHONE BECAUSE HE REMEMBERED WHEN JAMES BOND USE TO BE ON TV IN THE OLD DAYS WITH SEAN CONNERLLY (THE BEST JAMES BOND) AND HOW WE USE TO HAVE OUR DINNER IN THE LIVING ROOM TO WATCH JAMES BOND....IN THOS DAYS WE DIDNT HAVE TV IN EVERY ROOM....IT FEELS GOOD WHEN YOUR CHILDREN REMEMBER SOME GOOD THINGS ABOUT THEIR RAISING AND REMIND YOU OF IT....ITS NICE TO KNOW THAT YOU GAVE THEM SOME VALUES, AND SOME GOOD MEMORIES THAT THEY CAN CARRY WITH THEM THROUGH LIFE....SO TODAY I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME OLD, OLD MEMORIES..... WASNT THIS US? A LITTLE HOUSE WITH THREE BEDROOMS, ONE BATHROOM AND ONE CAR ON THE STREET. A MOWER THAT YOU HAD TO PUSH TO MAKE THE GRASS LOOK NEAT. \IN THE KITCHEN ON THE WALL WE ONLY HAD ONE PHONE AND NO NEED FOR RECORDING THINGS, SOMEONE WAS ALWAYS HOME. WE ONLY HAD A LIVING ROOM WHERE WE WOULD CONGREGATE, UNLESS IT WAS AT MEALTIME.IN THE KITCHEN WHERE WE ATE. WE HAD NO NEED FOR FAMILY ROOMS OR EXTRA ROOMS TO DINE. WHEN MEETING AS A FAMILY THESE TWO ROOMS WOULD WORK OUT FINE. WE ONLY HAD ONE TV SET AND CHANNELS MAYBE TWO. BUT ALWAYS THERE WAS ONE OF THEM WITH SOMETHING WORTH THE VIEW. FOR SNACKS WE HAD POTATO CHIPS THAT TASTED LIKE A CHIP AND IF YOU WANTED FLAVOR - THERE WAS LIPTONS ONION DIP.STORE-BOUGHT SNACKS WERE RARE BECAUSE MY MOTHER LIKED TO COOK AND NOTHING CAN COMPARE TO SNACKS IN BETTY CROCKERS BOOK. WEEKENDS WERE FOR FAMILY TRIPS OR STAYING HOME TO PLAY. WE ALL DID THINGS TOGETHER - EVEN GO TO CHURCH TO PRAY. WHEN WE DID OUR WEEKEND TRIPS, DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER. NO ONE STAYED AT HOME BECAUSE WE LIKED TO BE TOGETHER. SOMETIMES WE WOULD SEPARATE TO DO THINGS ON OUR OWN, BUT WE KNEW WHERE THE OTHERS WERE WITHOUT OUR OWN CELL PHONES. THEN THERE WERE THE MOVIES WITH YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE STAR, AND NOTHING CAN COMPARE TO WATCHING MOVIES IN YOUR CAR AT THE DRIVE IN MOVIES. THEN THERE WERE THE PICNICS AT THE PARK OF SUMMER SEASON, PACK A LUNCH AND FINE SOME TREES AND NEVER NEED A REASON - GET A BASEBALL GAME TOGETHER WITH ALL THE FRIENDS YOU KNOW - HAVE REAL ACTION PLAYING BALL - AND NO GAME VIDEO. REMEMBER WHEN THE DOCTOR USED TO BE THE FAMILY FRIEND AND WE DIDNT NEED INSURANCE OR A LAWYER TO DEFEND: THE WAY THEY TOOK CARE OF YOU OR WHAT HE HAD TO DO. BECAUSE HE TOOK AN OATH AND STRIVED TO DO THE BEST FOR YOU. REMEMBER GOING TO THE STORE AND SHOPPING CASUALLY AND WHEN YOU WENT TO PAY FOR IT YOU USED YOUR OWN MONEY? NOTHING THAT YOU HAD TO SWIPE OR PUNCH IN SOME AMOUNT AND REMEMBER WHEN THE CASHIER PERSON REALLY HAD TO COUNT? THE MILKMAN USED TO GO FROM DOOR TO DOOR, AND IT WAS JUST A FEW CENTS MORE THAN GOING TO THE STORE. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN MAILED LETTERS CAME RIGHT TO YOUR DOOR, WITHOUT A LOT OF JUNK MAIL ADS SENT OUT BY EVERY STORE. THE MAILMAN KNEW EACH HOUSE BY NAME AND KNEW WHERE IT WAS SENT: THERE WERE NOT LOADS OF MAIL ADDRESSED TO PRESENT OCCUPANT. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN JUST ONE GLANCE WAS ALL THAT IT WOULD TAKE, AND YOU WOULD KNOW THE KIND OF CAR, THE MODEL AND THE MAKE. THEY DIDNT LOOK LIKE TURTLES TRYING TO SQUEEZE OUT EVERY MILE; THEY WERE STREAMLINED, WHITE WALLS, FINS, AND REALLY HAD SOME STYLE. ONE TIME THE MUSIC THAT YOU PLAYED WHENEVER YOU WOULD JIVE, WAS FROM A VINYL, BIG HOLED RECORD CALLED A FORTY-FIVE. THE RECORD PLAYER HAD A POST TO KEEP THEM ALL IN LINE AND THEN THE RECORDS WOULD DROP DOWN AND PLAY ONE AT A TIME. OH SURE, WE HAD OUR PROBLEMS THEN, JUST LIKE WE DO TODAY AND ALWAYS WE WERE STRIVING TRYING FOR A BETTER WAY. OH, THE SIMPLE LIFE WE LIVED STILL SEEMS LIKE SO MUCH FUN. HOW CAN YOU EXPLAIN A GAME, JUST KICK THE CAN AND RUN AND WHY WOULD BOYS PUT BASEBALL CARDS BETWEEN BICYCLE SPOKES AND FOR A NICKEL, RED MACHINES HAD LITTLE BOTTLED COKES? THIS LIFE SEEMS SO MUCH EASIER AND SLOWER IN SOME WAYS. I LOVE THE NEW TECHNOLOGY BUT I SURE DO MISS THOSE DAYS. SO TIME MOVES ON AND SO DO WE AND NOTHING STAYS THE SAME, BUT I SURE LOVE TO REMINISCE AND WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE. WITH ALL TODAYS TECHNOLOGY WE GRANT THAT ITS A PLUS!!! BUT ITS FUN TO LOOK WAY BACK AND SAY, HEY, LOOK EVERYONE, THAT WAS US....... I AM SURE MANY OF YOU WILL REMEMBER RAISING YOUR CHILDREN, THE FUN YOU HAD WITH THEM,THE SACRIFICES YOU MADE FOR THEM. WORKING MORE THAN ONE JOB SO THEY WOULD HAVE FOOD ON THE TABLE. WHAT WE TRIED TO TEACH THEM TO MAKE IT IN LIFE....MEMORIES ARE WONDERFUL - ITS ALL WE HAVE TO HOLD ON TO....AS OUR CHILDREN GROW AND LEAVE THE NEST THE ONLY THING WE ASK IS THAT IN SOME SMALL WAY WE PROVIDED THEM WITH WHAT THEY NEEDED TO MAKE IT IN THIS WORLD......IF WE HAVE DONE THAT THEN WE CAN PAT OURSELVES ON THE BACK......THANK YOU LIONEL FOR REMINDING ME OF THE GOOD OLD DAYS....IT CAME AT A TIME I TRULY NEEDED IT AND YOU PICKED MY SPIRITS UP....
Posted on: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 12:11:26 +0000
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