Back In My Day

Back in my day we had the radio on at my house in early mornings. We gardened in the summer and ate the food all year round. It was so much more fresh and tasty than canned or frozen. We shared the extra with the neighbors, and we knew their names. Back in my day everyone could “mom” or “dad” you. You were respectful of your elders, your youngers and everyone else. The parents were in charge, not the kids. It was their rules. No child would have bragged about telling their parents what to do. Back in my day we had two pairs of shoes, not ten pairs. Plain for school, fancy black patent leather shoe for Sunday School. No computers or I-phones or I-pads to separate us from our family. We talked to each other during lunch and supper. Back in my day teenagers did not have cars. They walked everywhere. They got a job and earned the money if they wanted to buy a car. They saved their money until they could pay for the whole car. I do not remember credit card debt in the 50's or 60's. Back in my day grandparents lived with their children when they aged. Very few were shipped off to old folks’ homes; most taught us things. How to garden, knit, sew, fix a car’s engine. They were valuable. We started out with black, white and grayscale TV back in my day