When I started blogging the intent was to find that 1 thing each day that you can say brings you some measure of joy. While I got away from coming out and saying what that 1 thing was I think I remained true to my intent by simply writing what felt right and good.
Sometimes thoughts for a post come at times I would not have thought a good moment could come from. Thus the following post was born.
I went to Verizon tonight to upgrade my phone, which is NEVER anything I feel like doing. I really just wanted a phone that was equivalent to what I currently had. I quickly learned that was really not an option. While I was half listening to what my options were, a woman ran in frantic because her phone was about to lose power and she needed to buy a car charger because she could not be without her phone for her drive home. I began to think about the control these little devices had had on our lives. I quickly thought back to when there were no options because there were no cell phones. Was our life easier then, simpler? Would we call it The good old days?
One hour, 35 minutes and a new phone later I walked out of Verizon telling the
When I think about the good old days I think about simple times. I think of a time when Sundays were just spent with family. I think of making homemade ice cream, rides in the country, party phones, prayers in school,and the pledge of allegiance. I think and almost smell the apple pies and jello my mother made every Sunday before church for our dinner. Eating dinner at the table every night as a family was not a novelty. Neighbors who were not just friendly but friends.
Good, bad, sad or otherwise our present is the future good old days. I thought about that and really didn't know how I felt about it. Does that mean the future will be worse? more complicated? more technical? (for sure). It likely means the future times will be such that my grandchildren will see the present as the good old days.
Since that is likely I thought these good old days for them are going to be determined partly by my relationship with them. That there is reason enough for me to make every minute I have with them special. To make sure that the memories we are creating are going to be worthy enough to go into the memory book of The good old days. I don't have to be the author in their book but I do want to be a main character!Good
1 comment:
Our good old days...were GOOD old days.I feel sorry for the future kids,whose good old days are the days we are living now!! Sad,for sure.Strong family ties will be the only good in their good old days,it certainly won't be what the world has to offer them.
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