Christmas '94

This past Christmas was my first as a parent. We celebrated with Rhett's family. The expensive electronics i.e. touch cell phones, i-pods, DS's, etc. our nieces and nephews received for Christmas reminded me of my 4th grade Christmas.



December 1994 I only had one thing on my mind for Christmas. I remember laying up-side-down in a wing back chair one Sunday afternoon lamenting to my mom:
"If I don't get a walk-man for Christmas I will DIE!!"

My mom was mad and quickly told me "If a piece of metal and plastic is worth your life, you'd better re-evaluate things. I don't think you should have a walk-man if you are so obsessed with it."

I remember flipping my legs forward off the back of the chair, somersaulting to the ground.

"Are you serious?" I said, my voice trembling..."you won't get me a... walk-man?" (Santa was blown for me before kindergarten)

Mom: "I don't know, you better start getting your act together."



I don't know if my behavior or priorities changed between that Sunday and Christmas morning, but the photo shows my emotions of pure joy to be holding my own walk-man, and relief my life was spared....thanks mom.
Many recesses after that moment were spent listening to my Ace of Base:the sign & Amy Grant: Heart in Motion tapes. I of course had to wear a hat or hood to hide the huge headphones from the recess monitors.

So this year as I saw the kids enjoying their DS tournaments, texting, or watching youtube on their touch i-pods, I could relate to their "electronic passions" but realized my walk-man was probably $20 and those touch i-pods are around $300, so if my kids also have an electronic they want and feel they may die if they don't receive it on Christmas, I'll just have them pick out their coffin beforehand.