I'm so glad my children experienced much of the "good life" being born on the edge of computer age.
I had it even better than they did--25 cent allowance covered movies, dime store candy, cheap perfume for Mom and hankies for Dad on bdays, Trixie Beldon books--whatever the week called for. There was always a few pennies left over for the offering envelope on Sunday.
Playing outside until the heat of the day drove us to the backyard kiddie pool or the cool concrete front porch where we read for hours.
I never remember feeling depressed or deprived. Things weren't perfect at our house, but we had a lot of laughs and Mom loved us to "a fault".
Hummmm--maybe DH and I should take a closer look at retiring early!
The best part of life today?
I could name lot--but very few things have to do with computers and money! | 