Good Morning:<br />
Had a very good weekend, finally finished all my shopping, the tree is up, the candles are in the windows and a wreath on the door, keeping it simple this year. My DH and I went to our neighborâ€™s 50th wedding anniversary and it was wonderful, lot of family and friends.  It was amazing to see their wedding photos, and how young they looked.  Tom and Sheila are a great couple, Sheila has had Alzheimers for the past 7 years and I have never seen a more devoted and loving husband than Tom.  She basically canâ€™t take of herself, but Tom has been there with her all the way, no nursing home for Sheila.  On warm days he has her in the wheelchair and walks around the neighborhood and every Saturday he takes her out to dinner, even though he has to feed her.  When my other neighbor renewed their wedding vows, Tom do not come alone, he brought Sheila with him.  He looks at her with such much love; it brings a tear to my eye.  I really admire him for his commitment and patience.<br />
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Joey, to your question. According to Tom, the biggest change has been â€œpeopleâ€Â and the way they treat each other.  He thinks that there is some much hatred in the world today because of differences in race, religion, sexual orientation, etc., he said there were some biases back in his day, but nothing like it is today.  He is troubled with the fact that so many children are now latch keys kids, (in his day there was always a parent home to greet the child after school) but with the event of single parents, that is not always possible these days.  He is also concerned about the rate of divorce, he says that no one stays together anymore; they get tired of each other and want to try something new.  The fact that they are some many violent video games alarms him, and it seems that every kid has some sort of play station or other, they go home and thatâ€™s the first thing they want to do.  He is also amazed at the advance of technology, cell phones, blackberryâ€™s, PDAs, iPods, etc., back in the day you were lucky to have a radio in the house.