Living History
My parents are celebrating their 70 th birthdays this November. They have been alive for almost three quarters of a century, born during a time when the world was at war and in total chaos; they have seen and experienced many changes to their way of life. They will endure many a remark about their advancing age good-naturedly and I am sure they have the odd retort ready to reply when the time is right. I paused here for a moment to answer the request of a two year old and while I was attending to her needs, I thought "Seventy! Wow!” These two remarkable individuals have a living history, a history that is both unique to each individually and a common history. These two people can relate a lesson, a memory or a time in history of which they themselves were a part. They could regale their grandchildren with stories of their youth, back before there was even television never mind “Smart phones” and IBM. I think my Lollipop would be horrified at the thought considering