Where I Have Been Where Am I Going

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Where I have been, Where I am going. I grew up five miles from Sugar Hill, A small backwoods, Hick town, Community. My family and I grew up on cornbread, peas, hamburger helper, fried bologna sandwiches, and of course sweet tea. I didn’t have a IPod or cell phone. I played outside until it was time to go to bed at night, only to come in for lunch. I was in church every Sunday, and nothing was ever open. I always said yes’mam, and yes ’sir, otherwise you got a beaten. Even now in this crazy world, I have to remember where I came from. I didn’t come from a wealthy family. I ate dinner at six p.m. every night. I never just went out to eat. We made it before without cell phones, we will make it again. I can’t forget to always say mam and sir. I think everyone has a moment were they step back and realize that the way they are acting is not how they were raised. I admit I don’t go to church every Sunday like I used to , But I sure miss it. Maybe if we step back and realize how we were raised, then step back and realized how are kids are raised, maybe we will see that there is something wrong. I mean we turned out just fine then, and our kids could turn out just fine, If only they were raised like we were. Kids these days have no respect for our elder, or there elder for that matter. There was a law passed that says parents aren’t allowed to spank there kids, only because it can be called child abuse. Well someone needs to call Bull Shit. I got spankings, or as some might say my ass beaten, and guess what I turned out respectful, Kind, Big Hearted. I know where I grew up and how I grew up. I know my kids will be raised like I was, there not getting all this technology. When I was 14 I begged my parents for a cell phone. They told me I needed to research cell phones and then tell them why I wanted one, and my answer couldn’t be because everyone else does. So It took
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