Don't Make 'Em Like They Used To

With this past weekend being Father’s Day, there were a lot of songs on radio and TV honoring our fathers.

The one that caught my ear was “They Don’t Make ‘em Like My Daddy Anymore.” Having just spent some time with my father’s family reminiscing, I have to agree.

There are still many of us around that had parents that survived the ‘30s. How many breadwinners of families in that era actually finished high school? I am not promoting quitting high school or not going on to college by any means. I am just remembering past history.

They learned to make do with what they had, fed and provided for their families without government assistance, eked out a living, with many of them going on to become community pillars and often men of substance. They had been through the school of “Hard Knocks” and survived.

We can all REMEMBER and take a lesson from our forefathers, men and women.