How old is grandpa
Since you are reading this, it means you have a computer. It also means you get tons of e-mail from spam to things that touch the heart and the funny bone.
One such e-mail came to me this week and I have been chuckling about it for days. The title was: “How old is Grandpa?” It went on to ask you if remember when there was no such thing as a cell phone, an IPod, McDonalds, and when Coke was a refreshing drink. Pot was that thing your mom stirred up wonderful meals in and most families had two parents in the home.
The one that made me go “mmm” was when there was no computer. Well this wonderful invention is my lifeline to the outside world. I talk to some of my friends who live in town keeping them in the loop when something happens. I just e-mail them all in just a few minutes.
Then there are my friends across the country. My Marilyn McCoo look alike sister-in-law and I have built a relationship that I treasure. I have reconnected with a high school classmates. There are two gentlemen that I had a twelve year close relationships with. We went through divorces, strokes, heart attacks, and many other life changing events together. So the computer, which has been called distant and aloof, can bring people together in warm, intimate relationships.
To get back to the question, “How old Grandpa is”, well hold your breath. He was only 59! Wow, that means I remember not having all those things! How did we ever survive without them?
February 22nd, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Guess we are blessed now that we are in the computer age and really e-mailing and blogging. My husband’s father use to tell us stories about the horse and buggy–the depression–etc—and before he passed, he was using the computer every day. Just think what changes he saw in his lifetime. The computer does make our world a little smaller and closer to our friends– and who wants to write those letters anyway!!!!!!!!!!!!! since stamp prices are going up sometime in May…..thanks for the computer.