Because You Grew Up...

I saw this in my current issue of AARP and had to put it up here. "Because you grew up in an age before video games. When we were kids, we played outside. Our bodies were hard-breathing little rainbows of energy and earth-red cheeks from the running, brown hands from mud, green-grass streaks on our pants. We dreamed of grandiose forts that never got built, had sword flights with sticks while riding our bikes(okay, that was more of a boy thing). But we lived, baby. We lived! Unlike so many kids today, whose every micromanaged, remote-control moment is seemingly spent indoors. Oh, how the play times have changed.

Then:
eating wild berries in
the woods-Now: Eating lunchables on a play date
climbing trees-Now: allergy tests
walking with pals along
train tracks-Now: walking with parents on a leash
stickball-Now: Xbox
"be home by dark"-Now: answer your cell phone when I call
Summer camp-Now: Fat camp
Doing cannonballs off the high dive-Now: wearing floaties in the shallow end
Skinned knees-Now: Carpal tunnel
Jumping on a trampoline-Now: What's a trampoline?

It's shocking how much of this rings true. Got to run. Take care and God Bless.
Off to the movies with Theresa! Girl's Nite Out!