We managed without Internet, computers, mobile phones, Google, ChatGPT and much much more.
We played in the boiling heat, biting cold and pouring rain.
We were never struck by lightning, when standing under trees while it rained, and stormed.
We completed our homework, and found time to play outside with friends.
We fought, we made up, we fell, we got hurt, we healed and there were physical but no emotional scars.
We were never taken to counsellors and never had time to feel depressed.
We didn't complain to parents about our teachers .
We drank water from anywhere and everywhere- even garden hoses.
Fruit on trees, fruit fallen from trees, fruit eaten by birds - we ate them all.
Measles, chicken pox, fevers, colds, influenza came and went.
We wrote love letters by the dozen and got over heartbreaks in a heartbeat.
We went to places of worship regularly.
Parents refused to let us stay home from school and fake excuses letters were unheard of.
We used second hand text books and often covered them with news paper.
Yes we used postcards, inlands, aerograms and sent money orders while cramming in a few lines at the very bottom of the form.
We stood in line and waited patiently to make or receive a trunk call.
We also stood in line for vaccinations and inoculations and there was no such things as disposable needles.
We never checked for expirary dates on food packaging.
We flew kites, played marbles, hop skotch, kick the can, I spy, and hide and seek. Oh yes- dark room too!
Roadside eateries were packed and good hygiene was definitely not a strong point of the owners.
There is so much more.....
And here we are - many decades later and none the worse for it.
Life was simple and fun.
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