Children of the '60's and Early '70's

Deborah’s 50th high school reunion starts today…one year late because of Covid last year it was dismissed… but vaccinated and wearing a mask this year she’s attending which gives me this opportunity to reminisce… We were children of the ’60’s and early ’70’s… We stood up for kindness…for peace and love our symbols were the peace sign…the flower and the dove We were children of the ’60’s and early ’70’s… It’s when we first experienced war and killing and bombs in a place many of us had not heard of before…in the south of Vietnam. We were children of the ’60’s and early ’70’s… We learned how our world of psychedelic and tie-dyed colors could quickly turn to black when some of us who fought in Vietnam…never made it back. We were children of the ’60’s and early ’70’s… We were shaped but not defined by that war… We were sure we saw the world a little differently than those who came before. We were children of the ’60’s and early ’70’s… and many of us would grow up to be more independent, more accepting more innocent and free… We were children of the ’60’s and early ’70’s… And though it’s been…now…quite a while We know…even if our taste in clothing has changed…kindness…peace and love will never go out of style. We were children of the ’60’s and early ’70’s… Who are no longer children…who have grown Who now have lives and families children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of our own… Who when we think about the last 50 years often pause and wonder how… How we children of the 60’s and early ’70's are in our 60’s and early ’70’s now.