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Ariel,
posted by
Nautikos
on June 30, 2006 at 9:02 PM
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Ariel,
I haven't been commenting much, but I am utterly enthralled by this piece of personal and as well as social history! And I am also struck by the vast changes that have occurred within little more than three generations! I can't wait to hear more!
posted by
Nautikos
on June 30, 2006 at 9:01 PM
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ariel70, Fascinating reading indeed. While man's trials and tribulations, challenges, complaints and exultations remain essentially the same from generation to generation (the more things change, the more they stay the same) still, one cannot help but give thanks for being born in these times. While there is charm, innocence, depth, character to historical times which seems sometimes lacking, things like penicillin, hot water and clean sheets are luxuries only dreamed of by our ancestors; and automobiles, cell phones and computers would have been the stuff of fantasy, miracle and magic. I would have been dead long ago if I had had to endure the hardships which they endured. Samhain_Moon 
posted by
syzygy
on June 30, 2006 at 5:09 PM
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ariel70, thanks for this fascinating read and for sharing with us
a bit of "living history."
posted by
JanesOpinion
on June 30, 2006 at 2:47 PM
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Flight
Yes indede, the more things change, the more they stay as they are.
posted by
ariel70
on June 30, 2006 at 12:37 PM
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Bel
Thank you for dropping in. I too could never imagine her, and all the other wives', lovers' and mothers' fortitude when their men went off to war.
And it was worse, as you will see, when she had three sons at war, and children at risk from bombing at home.
My heart went out to you, Bel, when you were in this position, and I can never tell you how much respect I have for you and the other American women with men in Iraq.
And damn all those who demean their, and your courage. Your spirit should shame into silence.
posted by
ariel70
on June 30, 2006 at 12:35 PM
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Rame
Thank you very much for your comment.
I too love reading about other cultures.
posted by
ariel70
on June 30, 2006 at 12:30 PM
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Ariel70,
This is fascinating reading! A lot of it could apply to America ways of life in those times but so much is different as well. I love learning about other cultures and it's especially pleasant reading about it when the writer is so talented.
posted by
RAME
on June 30, 2006 at 12:22 PM
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Now this is a feeling I can identify
I can only imagine how your mother must have felt when your father was called.
posted by
bel_1965
on June 30, 2006 at 11:40 AM
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...and today not much has changed except to give providers of essential services, more sophisticated titles.
posted by
reasons
on June 30, 2006 at 11:34 AM
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