Random Thoughts

[arewethereyet]

I dread becoming old where I will start opining on "kids these days" and shitting on their choices. I have been hating it the whole time the older generation has been doing it to me and my peers, realizing that they're just cranky and stuffy with old ideals and outdated values and trying to control the change and progress of the world, rather than adapting.

I am glad that I have always remembered what it was like to be a teenager. It sure helped with my kids and now helps me relate to my grandkids.

I remember how I felt when mom and dad fussed about my choices in music and clothes and such. I did my best to let my kids go through whatever phases they were in at the time knowing that it's important to try on different things till you find what fits you. Funny - I again have the long hair my mother hated and mostly wear the jeans and T-shirts my father hated.

Not all of us old fogeys are cranky and stuffy. And you don't have to become that either.