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Author: anon
Image: The Good Life of Old - 1904 (here)
The ever ubiquitous cell phone handy, hot in her hands, being manipulated
and 'abused' but loved dearly never out of sight. How did they manage to
survive before she often wondered. It was not too long ago, her grandparents ,
parents even her elder broods how did they manage to sit around doing nothing
with nothing in their hands. What a boring existence!
They would have loved to be born later to be in my generation. How they must
have regretted it.. Right? Wrong!
Grandma would gladly counter all of her insistence of the good life of the
Grandma would gladly counter all of her insistence of the good life of the
younger generation. It is a make-believe world. She’d had it sliced away
leaving a scar. but not in grandma's case. She did everything herself. She
cooked did washings by hand planted flowers and vegetables. She did all
that and she still managed to keep her hands clean!
(144 words)
Sarah's at d'Verse's - Prosery - slices and scars
- to write a Prose in 144 words and to include the above phrase
Nice perspective on the generation divide.
ReplyDeleteI think generation gaps are there for many reasons and are necessary; however, the youngsters of today, who have grown up with cell phones in their hands, are a whole new breed. I feel their brains are being rewired in an unwholesome way.
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