If you were born between 1939-1979
I just got this email i've actually gotten it a few times but this time thought i would post it on my blog so that i could go back and reread it occasionally. I hope when you read it you have a smile on your face like i did--
It makes me think of the good ole days! don't get me wrong, I love our modern technology and know that probably two of my four kids would not be here today without it, but i often wonder if the kids of today (mine included) are missing out on what life has to offer, or had to offer because i know the world is a different place today and some of these things we would never let our kids do. So....TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!!
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant. they took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can and didn't get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention the risks we took hitchhiking.
As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats,booster seats,seat belts or air bags.
Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.
We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle. We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.
We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank Kool-aid made with sugar, but we weren't overweight because, WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the street lights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. And we were OK.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or chat rooms.......
WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not poke out very many eyes.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!
Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!
These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!
The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!
Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!
'With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?'
-Jay Leno-
I could say alot about this and recognize many of these as things I did and my parents did. But when I read this I just think of how kids use to just be KIDS!!!! We give them so much modern technology, but along with that we give them much more resposibility to have to deal with at a younger age. I really hope my kids will look back on their life and feel like they had an amazing childhood and that as a parent I was able to just let them be a kid and enjoy that time in their lives!!!!
so what can i say-- life is crazy-- since the last time i blogged-- my baby turned 8-- Chels turned 19--Bryce turned 21(oh my wow, can i be that old!!) we have had easter, snow, and everything in between!!!! we had a great time with cousins at the park yesterday, it was a beautiful day!! I miss seeing those kids so much!!! Here are some pics of some of the stuff we have had going on. I am gonna say it again and I know I say it alot, but I love my life, my husband, my kids, all their activites and things that keep us all going!!! Life is Good!!
