Our Ancestors

Consider for a moment how difficult life is in 2010! Now think about this ladies life...

We get in our cars and drive to the market where we pickup everything for dinner in less than 30 minutes. We then drive home and can have a "homemade" dinner on the table in 10 minutes if we choose to use processed food.

My great great great great grandmother was born in Connecticut then she walked to Utah - yes walked... Dinner for her was a gathering and hunting, cooking over a fire, and washing dishes in cold water affair.

Were it not for our ancestors tremendous efforts, where would we be now? The 19 century brought us the lightbulb, sewing machine, stethoscope, electromagnet, matches, typewriter, braille, revolvers, telephone, telegraph and morse code. These are just a few of the discoveries my great (times 4)grandmother saw in her lifetime.

As I sit here, I am using the 21st century version of a typewriter. I talked to my mother today (she is 1500 miles away) using my cell phone, my lamp is turned on, I sewed my wedding gown on a sewing machine, and my doctor uses a stethoscope on me... I could continue, but what is the point. We tend to think that our ancestors were non-technical, but where would we be without the technologies they created.

Enjoy life's adventures!
Autumn