Rambling thoughts as I approach 70 years old

[ewagner]

17. I can relate...

I'm about 5 years older than you which means I was in my early high school years when the world started to unravel. I was blessed/cursed with being conscious of what was going on....

My story is much the same as yours and I will add only a couple of things that you probably experienced but didn't mention:

I was faced with the cold, hard fact that, because of Viet Nam, I would receive my high school diploma and a draft notice shortly thereafter. The draft affected all of us at that time and shaped careers and attitudes for years to come.

My college years were indelibly shaped by the Spring of 1968....First Martin Luther King Jr. was killed by a white supremacist and then shortly thereafter, Bobby Kennedy was gunned down.

There was a spirit of activism..."If not now, when?" and "If not me, who?" on the campus and it shaped my life forever.

Thanks for the synopsis and welcome to the club.*

*...The club of those of us who lived through those troubled times....and still live through the consequences.