Our speaker at Cottonwood Toastmasters this week spoke about how times are changing. She began her speech by mentioning ways her father entertained himself as a youth with much enjoyment in the out of doors. Then she shared with us her childhood joys of running outside as soon a the sun came up, staying outside until supper in the evening. It sure brought back memories of my childhood. As I listened to her I began to remember the long walks with my mother, gardening and the juicy beef steak tomatoes we grew, swinging on my shinny red swing set, and swimming in my little blue pool. My mother use to put her hot pink blow up air mattress in the pool to sunbathe. What a funny sight that was with the ends of the mattress dangling over the sides of the tiny pool!
The speaker then mentioned how the youth of today are a lot different to raise than when we were kids or were raising children of our own. Computers, mp3 players, ipads and ipods are the in thing. Playing outside is a thing of the past. Where have their imaginations gone? They truly live in a different world than we did. However, in this technical world of ours, the do come in handy for us older folk. She brought up a good point. "If you don't know how to use a computer, ask a kid."
Cottonwood Toastmasters meets every Monday 12:00 to 1:15 at the Cottonwood Village, 201 E Mingus Ave. Guests are welcome. For more information call Laina Lloyd at 928-300-8638 or Dave Ellison at 928-634-6540
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