JWsPOV

  Three generations ago people were born in log cabins. Doctors rode horses in snow to deliver those babies that grew up to be normal healthy people. There were not 20 different vaccines to give new born kids. They drank mothers breast milk or cow's milk warmed on the stove. They had cloth diapers and were bathed in a wash basin used by the others in the house. Three generations ago women cooked meals on wood stoves. They managed to cook entire meals, sew clothes, bake pies, and even chop wood or kill chickens to eat. Men worked in saw mills and as farmers with horses and mules to pull the plows. They wore overalls everyday, worked in steel mills and built cities. They didn’t fear what others said about them or even cared.  Three generations ago kids helped feed livestock, plant fields, and care for their younger siblings. They milked the cows daily and gathered eggs when mom was busy. People cooked pies, breads, cakes, or something special for their neighbors when someone was...