{"id":1515,"date":"2018-01-20T10:04:32","date_gmt":"2018-01-20T16:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theagingofaquarius.com\/dw_blog\/?p=1515"},"modified":"2022-02-07T14:14:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T20:14:09","slug":"emilys-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theagingofaquarius.com\/dw_blog\/emilys-gift\/","title":{"rendered":"Emily&#8217;s Gift"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"comp-jcruez39\" class=\"txtNew\" data-packed=\"true\">\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1515-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/theagingofaquarius.com\/dw_blog\/wp-contentuploads\/2018\/02\/Emilys-Gift-MIX.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/theagingofaquarius.com\/dw_blog\/wp-contentuploads\/2018\/02\/Emilys-Gift-MIX.mp3\">http:\/\/theagingofaquarius.com\/dw_blog\/wp-contentuploads\/2018\/02\/Emilys-Gift-MIX.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p class=\"font_8\">CarolAnn and I just sent a birthday gift to our daughter-in-law, Emily. Took just thirty seconds to pick it out and ship it.\u00a0<span class=\"wixGuard\">?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">Gift giving isn\u2019t what it used to be and a lot of us old geezers are annoyed by it. Back in the day we\u2019d think about it a lot and then head out to the mall to find the perfect gift for that special someone. Then we\u2019d go home and gift wrap it. If that person lived far away we\u2019d package it and take it to the post office. The whole process could take half a day or more but it was gratifying. It was fun to think of our loved one opening the pretty package and being surprised and delighted by what was inside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">Sending a gift card via email as I just did takes no time at all. No thought. The efficiency of it is undeniable and that doesn\u2019t mean we love our daughter-in-law any less, of course. It just means another tradition has fallen to our modern addiction to efficiency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">We don\u2019t write letters anymore. Heck, most of us don\u2019t even bother with email anymore. We text. We tweet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">Occasionally we use our phones as phones and actually talk with each other but that\u2019s starting to seem like a special occasion these days. I\u2019ve even started texting people to make an appointment to talk with them on the phone. No kidding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">Here&#8217;s what I think:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"comp-jcw3ngg5\" class=\"txtNew\" data-packed=\"true\">\n<p class=\"font_8\">I think adapting to change is difficult as we get older but our only alternative is to refuse to change. If you do that you&#8217;re just sitting on the porch in a rocker, watching life pass by without even bothering to wave to you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">I think wistful longing for the past is natural and fine in small measure. Nostalgia is warm and comforting but it\u2019s no way to live.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">I want to keep learning to keep living. These days I find I\u2019m constantly learning from my children. And why not? We taught them the ways of the world with hope they\u2019d make it better. I think they\u2019re doing that, even if we don\u2019t always understand or like the changes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CarolAnn and I just sent a birthday gift to our daughter-in-law, Emily. Took just thirty seconds to pick it out and ship it.\u00a0? Gift giving isn\u2019t what it used to be and a lot of us old geezers are annoyed by it. Back in the day we\u2019d think about it a lot and then head &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/theagingofaquarius.com\/dw_blog\/emilys-gift\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Emily&#8217;s Gift&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91,305,306,337],"tags":[342],"class_list":["post-1515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boomers","category-culture","category-life","category-philosophy","tag-gift-cards"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Emily&#039;s Gift : The Aging of Aquarius<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gift-giving isn&#039;t fun anymore. 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