Ties to the past

My father was born in 1924. Calvin Coolidge was President of the United States. Babe Ruth was in his prime. Model T automobiles were still being manufactured by Ford Motor Company. My grandfather never owned a car, so the family traveled in a wagon until some of the children got old enough to own cars. My mother was born in 1929, the year of the stock market crash that triggered the Great Depression.

As of this date, both my parents are in good health and enjoying life, but one never knows how much longer they will live. According to the laws of nature, it cannot be too many more years. When they are gone, I personally will have lost a direct link to a large part of the history of this nation.