Old Days

"Old days ____ Good times I remember.  
Fun days ____ Filled with ship of pleasure.  
Drive-in movies ____ Comic books and blue jeans.  
Howdy Doody ____Baseball cards and birthdays.  
Take me back ____ To the world gone away.  
Memories ____ Seem like yesterday."  

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Heard this song on a newscast last night during the last 15 minutes of a very long drive to and from southern California.  It only intensified my already intense nostalgic feelings.  While we were there, my daughter and I had driven around Whittier to see the houses we had lived in and other important places to our family. This is where we spent the first 13 years of our marriage.  This is where I first learned that I could write and produce Children's Theater.  This is where 5 of our children were born.  This is where we still had wonderful friends. This is where my husband grew up and near where his parents are currently living.  

We had driven down from Utah with the plan to look in on my in-laws, which we did. Unfortunately, we observed signs that our suspicions were correct.  They are declining rapidly.  They do not have any family nearby to be their caregivers.  And while they have fiercely fought to stay in their house, it is time to make arrangements for their end of life care.  So sad to see once vibrant active people lose their ability to live independently.  But they had a good run --- nearly 93 years worth of comfortable, good times.

I got them talking a little bit about their old days and caught it on video.  Hopefully, these little videos can be a treasure for their posterity in days to come.

"Oh, old days ____ Good times I remember.  
Gold days ____ Days I'll always treasure.  
Funny faces ____ Full of love and laughter.  
Funny places ____Summer nights and streetcars.  
Take me back ____To the world gone away.  
Our good memories _____ Seem like yesterday.  
Old days _____ Old days ____"        (the band Chicago from 1975)