Treasure the Elderly, They Have Lived Through More Than You!

Have you ever taken the time to appreciate the elderly? Have you taken the time to sit, have coffee and listen to their stories over and over? Have you taken the time to spend an afternoon helping an elderly and learning from them?

I LOVE the elderly! Think of all the things you studied in history, now imagine hearing a personal account of that event in time. That is why I LOVE the elderly! I remember sitting in Andover, Massachusetts with my Great-Grand-Aunt listening to her tell me about so many historical events from her point of view and how she lived during those times.

Imagine hearing about the following from direct information instead of the biased opinions in history books:
1. The Great Depression
2. Immigrating from Quebec Canada
3. The Korean War
4. The Cold War
5. Desert Storm
6. The Vietnam War
7. The Holocaust
8. The invention of the computer
9. The invention of the internet
10. WW1
11. WW2
12. Abolish of Slavery
13. Women's Right to Vote
14. Cubin missile crisis
15. Hiroshima
16. JFK Assasination
17. Marriage, Divorce and Death of Princess Diana
18. Martin Luther King Jr
19. Watergate
20. Three Mile Island
21. Development of AIDS & Cancer
22. Various natural disasters
23. Y2K
24. Chernobyl
25. 9/11
26. Many revolutions resulting in independence and breaking or forming of countries
27. The fall of the Berlin Wall
28. Various High School and College Shootings
29. And so many more things

Take some time to treasure, listen and love the elderly, they have lived through a lot of history and have tons of information to share that could make you see, live or love your life differently.