All of us adults have lived 'before' something was invented. Our children will always think we must have lived back in the days of Cave Men and Women and Cave Children! In my case, my family bought our first television when I was 8 years old.
Young people don't know how us old folks lived before there was air conditioning! And there's so many more things that were new. How did we live before computers? Or I-phones?
Today I was chatting with an 8-year-old who had never heard of a cassette tape recorder. Fast forward? What's that? It was so cute, it really made my day!
Another benefit of living 'before' is the togetherness with those of our contemporaries. Today I was talking with an older person of how we didn't know any different during the hottest part of the summers. In Kentucky, U.S.A., there was always a week or two in August during which the temperatures were over 100 degrees. What did we do? We sat around in a dark room and sipped icy drinks during those days. We had big 36-inch window fans which usually did a fairly good job of cooling the whole house. You had to keep the windows open a few inches on the non-sunny side of the house for circulation of cooler air. It worked! But those big fan motors were noisy! It sounded like a plane was landing in your house when you turned it up to 'high!'
I drove all over town today: at 10:00, I went to Church for the Memorial Day service. I was so thrilled to sing all the patriotic songs, ending with "America, the Beautiful!" At 11:00, I went to brunch with a friend. At 3:00, there was a cookout-birthday party for my favorite 14-year-old granddaughter. With all the friends, there were a lot of girl giggles!
There's our connection with the past, and we didn't even realize it: the Cave People 'grilled out' for all their meals!
Lord in Heaven, today we thank you for all our fun, being able to take a whole day to remember those who gave their lives so we could enjoy freedom, and think of new blessings.
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