Progress is good, but the fast pace and stress in our world today isn't so great. I don't have the fast pace as I'm a stay at home wife with too much time on my hands, but I see it when family visits....the grandkids all know all the computer stuff.

While they visited recently, the oldest, 16 has her own lap top, my daughter has her own laptop, our laptop was also in the family room and there were the 3 of us all on our own laptops, doing our own different thing! It was our 'quiet time' from each other! The other 2 grandkids had their computer games/Playstation dance thing...they were having their 'noisy time' with each other!

I liked the kind of dances we used to go to ... the sock hops in high school... with records and all the kids danced the night away. No drugs, no booze...just a good time.

What I miss about the good old days is the safety we had. We could play outside without fear of being taken...I grew up in a city of about 40,000. You could go out after dark or walk home from your friends house without even thinking about bad stuff happening. My folks didn't have to lock the doors at night!