We don’t even know the stuff our mothers taught us. We no longer know the things our great grandmothers knew. It astounds me how, even with the glut of information at our fingertips, we are utterly unable to DO anything our ancestors could do. Did they grow vegetable gardens or harvest fresh herbs? Did they gather fresh eggs from the chicken coop? Your great grandmother’s generation- did they make their own soap? Did they sew their own clothes? Weave their own cloth? Could she make a pie from scratch? Did she know the value of peppermint to soothe a tummy ache? Think back to her mother’s generation.
We no longer know how to do “real things.” Think back to your mother’s generation. In this day and age of smart phones, social media, kids activity calendars, traffic jams, shopping malls, housework, and homework, people are screaming for a return to simple life! When did everything become so busy? And in the busy-ness, we have lost touch with our roots.
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