Necessary Things!

I have to chuckle a little at myself when I consider the things I believe to be "necessary" in life.

Tonight, as I bought myself my own cell phone, I stopped and thought about the craziness of it all.

Aside from having a cell for emergency situations, I like knowing that I really should pick up a loaf of bread, a few rolls of bathroom tissue or some other needed item (like chocolate or ice cream), before I get home.

And yet... many of us can remember a time when the cell phone was not even invented.

(gasp... I hear my eldest daughter shuddering...)

In an emergency, someone stopped to help you.

If you forgot to write something down on your list, no one intervened.

Life is a bit different now from when I was younger and I must confess that though I complain loudly in the direction of the generations who are my junior, I honestly do enjoy some of the new "necessities".

Blogging, texting and even ATM's....

Not a one existed in any practical form when I was born.

Don't let the kiddies know how I really feel,

it would take all the thunder out of my,

"When I was a kid... stories".

Tonight,

I wish for you...

A chuckle when you need one...

and the real necessities of life,

Peace, Joy and Love...

(and maybe a teeny tiny texting cell phone!)

:-)