It just occurred to me

Rhamlin

I've always been sort of a history buff. And I started reading Winds of War yesterday ( a great book btw) And it occurred to me that I've got someone in my house right now ( my mother in law is now living with us ) who just happens to be 91. The changes she's had to have seen and lived through have got to be amazing. I mean when you think of it when she was born most people still got around on horse and buggy and never went more than 50 miles from where they were born. So I was thinking I'd get her to tell me about her life growing up and becoming head nurse of Huntingtons largest hospital. 

Wylaff

That sounds like an awesome story. I've never met anyone who made it through the war and the depression without a great story.

jbohon

I've always love talking to people like that.  They have the best stories and a perspective that you can't find anywhere else these days. 

webmost

Yep. My Granny D was born on the farm her family had cleared right after the Revolution, when her great grandpa Hess, one of King George's mercenaries, threw away his red coat and lit out. She told me about their spring house where they hung hams. How once she found a nail in the yard, so she picked it up & put it in the pocket of her apron so her daddy wouldn't have to make another. How she and Thurston the handsome architect used to go sparking in his buggy up at Peaks of Otter. First woman in Roanoke to own her own car. Pearls and mink; then the Depression. Wound up in an aircraft factory in WWII on the other side of the country. Died in a San Fran high rise. A life of rapid change.

Get your stories now. You'll regret if you don't.

Rhamlin

It's amazing hearing the depression babies stories. It's no wonder they fear for our futures so much. 

RBeckom

Our local nursing home closed earlier this year and until it started moving the residents to other facilities it was a wealth of history for anyone caring enough to visit.
The oldest resident, unconfirmed by legal papers, was 108. She had seen more change in her life than anyone I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. Everyone there had great stories and loved nothing more than for someone to simply sit and listen. Time well spent in my book. Give it a try and make someone's day.