Different.

The other day I was listening to "wake up" on GAC country and American idol contestant Bucky Covington had a really great song on there call "Different World". Here are the lyrics.

We were born to mothers who smoked and drank

Our cribs were covered in lead based paint

No child proof lids no seat belts in cars

Rode bikes with no helmets and still here we are, still here we are

We got daddy’s belt when we misbehaved

Had three TV channels you got up to change

No video games and no satellite

All we had were friends and they were outside, playin’ outside

Chorus

It was a different life

When we were boys and girls

Not just a different time

It was a different world

School always started the same every day

The pledge of allegiance then someone would pray

Not every kid made the team when they tried

We got disappointed and that was all right, we turned out all right

No bottled water, we drank from a garden hose
And every Sunday, all the stores were closed

Chorus

It was a different life

When we were boys and girls

Not just a different time

It was a different world

Chris + I were talking about this song on our way to Wisconsin Sunday. I totally remember growing up that way. This was my childhood (minus having a mother who smoked and drank). But I remember when people would smoke in the work place? Crazy. It seems like childhoods aren't this way because the parents don't allow for it. Parents try to keep the child safe all the time. Parents spend thousands of dollars on the latest and greatest machine, toy or object that will make their child more safe, more educated whatever. But like the song says, "we turned out alright". Going further to what the song says, what happened to the pledge of allegiance? Don't get me started with that. I totally remember after church on Sunday we'd have to run to the grocery store and not a lot of stores where open. Or if they were it was a block of time. What happened? When I was a kid we would play so hard we had NO time to run inside and grab a drink we'd drink it straight from the hose. Maybe we did it because if we went inside Mom or Dad would make us stay in so we just stayed outside. =) My favorite memory that I tell everyone is when I'd be blocks away from home at a friends house and when dinner was ready Mom or Dad would step outside and yell "WHITNEY DINNER IS READY!" The funny thing is is that I actually heard them and would yell back, "COMING!". So funny. What happened to doing that now days? It makes me sad that life seems to be turning a different direction (for kids/families) but hopefully I can provide a similar childhood like the song describes to my children that I had. It's just a fun time ya'll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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