Always Changing!

Being thirty-five, I don't consider myself old. But boy, how things have changed in my lifetime. I can't imagine what the world will look like in thirty-five years from now! Manufacturing jobs have left the country, GM has declared bankruptcy, and the world keeps right on moving. I suppose that change is unavoidable. My seventeen year old niece does not believe me when I tell her I did not have a cell phone, or even Internet access at her age. She stares at me blankly when I tell her all of us had land line phones, and I can remember when we didn't even have a cordless. Yes, you actually had to stay in the room where the phone was to use it. I receive another blank stare when I explain if your were out and needed to make a call you had to locate a pay phone. She thinks she might of seen one of those before, but is uncertain! Her big concern is how did we keep in touch with one another. With no Myspace, FaceBook, Instant Messaging or texting. Yes, I explain, it was difficult, we had to pick up the phone and call people and sometimes we would even drive over to visit our friends and family. I know, I know, it sounds like madness. The only thing that is for certain is that things are always changing.