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Originally Posted by lilgidget  just read Marna1957's post. All I can say is WOW. It certainly give me a lot to think about. I was just a toddler during WWII but remember the rationing and once in grade school remember the paper drives. We'll get through this COVID 19 with each of us doing our part to flatten the curve without grumbling and complaining. We need to stop a minute and count our blessings. |
I just read Marna1957 post, too. Another sobering read that shows the stamina of humans as they process great tragedies and acute lifestyle changes that life in this world brings. My mother told me of her family doing without their wringer-type washing machine due to lack of parts, their local grocer keeping back cans of evaporated milk or a small bag of processed white sugar just for them, while keeping back other items for other regular shoppers, depending on their family's needs. And going to the grocery store meant bringing the groceries home in a wagon an older child or the mother steered home as little gas was available even if there was a car in the garage and Dad was in the War or working in the defense industry. No one had large supplies of anything in their cupboards, no freezers full of meat and gourmet ice cream. No one had perfume, TV's or even enough books that hadn't been read and re-read and re-read. Vital medicines were supplied first to our troops. Many, many ate only when food was available, not when they were nervous, worried or hungry.
After WWII, kids couldn't swim summers or get too hot, then suddenly cool off due to polio fears and a few years later, practiced Duck and Cover in case they saw a sudden bright light in the skies, meaning the country had just been bombed with an atomic or thermonuclear bomb!
We managed to forge ahead and through without undue stressing and very much whining aloud and despite all the suffering and privation going on in every household, we made it. Humans are pretty tough when we have to be.