Memories are wonderful. You can learn and grow from even the bad ones.  

My description of the Fifties from my autobiography,

Against All Odds We Found The Perfect Love Copyright ©2019 Suzie Tyler

“1958 was a perfect time to be a Teenager, but I need to add a Disclaimer... As an immature fifteen-year-old, I had not a clue about life. I lived in a Happy Days world with the atmosphere of Dick Clark's American Bandstand.

We turned gymnasiums into sock hops and danced the night away, bopping to Yakety Yak, At the Hop, and The Stroll. A student's life was carefree with no stress. Words like recession, terrorism, inflation, or Wall Street were not in our vocabulary. Twenty-four-hour cable news did not exist, and most young people had not experienced drugs. The biggest crime was smoking cigarettes, drinking beer, and stealing hubcaps or watermelons. And don't ask me how I know about these happenings. 

Today’s technology did not exist in 1958. There were no cell towers, Wi-Fi, or Google app. Most households did not have telephones, and long-distance calls were expensive. 

It is hard to imagine that today, where we stay connected 24/7 to the outside world.

Writing this chapter has reminded me how different life was in the fifties. Entering the world of modern conveniences should have made life simple, but it became more time-consuming. 

Sometimes I look back and yearn for that simplistic culture of innocence, but then I remember my cell phone and would not want to give up the communication available to us today. We have made significant trade-offs for our lifestyle. I hope it has been worth it.”

Hope you can relate to my memories. We didn't have cell phones or google but we made it!