Jordan has become an Indiana Jones groupie. He acquired the trilogy of Indiana Jones movies from a garage sale this summer. These epic movies about a 1930's American adventurer became popular during the 1980's. I must add these were not DVDs, the set came as VHS tapes. I had the humor of teaching my kids how to say "VCR" as we dusted off our Video Cassette Recorder from storage.
"Mom, were you alive in the 80's?" Jordan asked me.
"Yes," I told him. Why was I laughing when he was questioning my age?
"When were you born, Mom?
"The 70's."
"That's like the olden days," he said.
Wow! I always thought my parents were so much bigger than me, wiser than me, older than me. Now my kids think the same--now my kids think I'm old!
Olden days. Golden days. Summer is meant for these simple pleasures.
My daughter Summer had 80's day at school. As I was "styling" her outfit, she asked me, "Mom, did you have 80's day when you were in school?" I laughed and said, "Honey, every day was 80's day when I was in school." She didn't understand...and it didn't make it any easier when I tried explaining to her that we had 50's day back in my time. Ha! Many blessings to you Jennifer, my dear 80's friend.
Posted by: Liza | August 12, 2011 at 10:05 PM
The olden days. Today I was in Target and noticed school supplies and looked back to the olden days wishing I could still buy school supplies for my children. Cherish these days! All too soon you will be doing the same. Love mom. You can't be old if your mom is still young.
Posted by: kathy vanderpoel | August 01, 2011 at 04:47 PM