Listening to Their Stories

I've been thoroughly enjoying WWII documentary videos. Oh the history! Oh the unspeakably neat and irreplaceable quality of hearing of the events that occurred as time passed by from the people whose lives were directly affected. It's refreshing and alive compared to a textbook...

"Mama, Mama...I let him go."

"...for I saw not a great deal of difference between that man’s army and the armies that they were fighting."

"Home was the most wonderful place the world ever contained."

"'Nice girls' don't go to New York City."

"To fight this war, 10 million more of us must go to work before the end of 1943."


The above provides explanation as to why for years upon years my grandma had magazines and newspapers stacked under her coffee table. As they say- waste not want not.

I'm a Retrophiliac. Are you?

"Sometimes, it [the term retro] can also suggest an entire outlook on life, for example, social conservatism, homeschooling or the embrace of traditional gender roles."

I found that quote rather disturbing frankly. Disturbing because I have had pushed into my face over the past few weeks the reality of the vast and ever-widening gap between those who follow the Bible and those who do not along with the impact that each group can have/is having in our culture. Social conservatism and black-and-white morals are no longer prevalent in our society as they once were. When I say I'm a retrophiliac, I mean in every sense of the word.

The article does give several definitions and usages of the word. The above just really struck me.

For further reading: [1] ; [2] ; [3] ; [4]