Changing times, changing people

For those of us older ones, we grew up in a very simple lifestyle. Most things were home made.
From clothes, to food, to fun. Rarely were these items ‘store boten’. Hand me downs were anticipated and expected. We looked forward to our older brothers or sisters ‘growing out of’ their clothes, so we could then wear them. Food was home cooked, usually from the garden and wild game was a staple. Ah those fried ‘taters’ and home made gravy! Probably not the best for one’s health. Least ways that would be the prognosis in today’s world. My folks rarely ate out. I can count on my hand the times I seen my mom or dad eating out at a restaurant. We always raised some cows, but rarely did we eat the cows we raised. They were sold to market for cash. Now fun was not is short supply. It is amazing what one kid or a group of children can do to invent fun. From riding stick horses to playing house or roasting potatoes in a campfire. Snow games in the winter and sledding. Then for real excitement getting the hood of an old car and pulling up a steep hill for a real ride. Of course we always had chores to do. Cows to milk or calves to feed. Wood to get in and snow to shovel. And snowball fights were loads of fun, with forts and snowmen, etc. Well times have changed. There are new and interesting things happening. Not all are good. But there is still good things happening and people adapt to change. I just hope that Change doesn’t take the Good out of people. And yes it is still fun to play fox and geese or build roads in the dirt with a Tonka truck, or? Keep smiling we can all find something good in our lives that can bring us joy and it doesn’t have to cost money!