To those of us born between 1946 and 1964

No matter what our grandkids and the newer generation think about us,

 WE ARE AWESOME !!!

OUR Lives are LIVING PROOF !!!

To Those of   Us  Born

1946 - 1964 :

TO ALL WHO SURVIVED THE ''50's, the '60s, and 70's !!

First, we survived being born to mothers who may have smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant.

They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.

Then, after that trauma, we were

Put to sleep on our tummies

In baby cribs covered

With bright coloured lead-based paints.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, locks on doors or cabinets,

And, when we rode our bikes,

We had baseball caps,

Not helmets, or no caps at all on our heads.

As infants and children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, no booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes.

Riding in the back of a pick- up truck on a warm day was always a special treat.

We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle.

We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle, and no one actually died from this.

We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter, and bacon. We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar. And we weren't overweight.

WHY?

 Because we were always outside playing...that's why!

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.

No one was able to reach us all day.

--And, we were OKAY.

We would spend hours building

Our go-carts out of scraps

And then ride them down the hill,

Only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.

We did not have Play Stations, Nintendo's and X-boxes. There were

• No video games, no 150 channels on cable,
• No video movies or DVDs,
• No surround-sound or CDs,
• No cell phones,
• No personal computers,
• No Internet and no chat rooms.
• No Twitter, 
• No Instagram'
• No Facebook

WE HAD FRIENDS

And we went outside and found  them!

We fell out of trees, got cut,

Broke bones and teeth,

And there were no lawsuits

From those accidents.

We ate worms and mud pies

Made from dirt, and

The worms did not live in us forever.

We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls, and although we were told it would happen- we did not put out very many eyes.

Team Sports had tryouts

And not everyone made the team.

Those who didn't had to learn

To deal with disappointment.

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!

Our generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, Problem solvers, and inventors ever.

The past 50 to years have seen an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all. 

If YOU are one of those born between 1946-1964, CONGRATULATIONS!

You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives  for our own good.

While you are at it, share this with your grandkids, so they will know how brave and lucky their grandparents were.

Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it ?