The "Old" Game of Life

When Mark was from twelve to sixteen years old, he worked at Donovan's Greenhouse in Lynchburg and diligently saved his money. During that time period, when he was around twelve, he saw a game on the shelves of Sheeter's 5 and 10. Boy, did he want to own it for himself! He saved and saved until he had the $16.00 that was so hard to come by for a child in 1975. Proud as could be, he walked into the store, straight to the aisle, straight to the shelf, and took the Game of Life to the front counter. The special trip into town was quite an excitement, but the trip home was even more so. He went right home and played the game for hours with his brothers.
And every time that we pull that game from our shelves and play it, it reminds us. It reminds us to save, it reminds us to hope, it reminds us to work hard. It also reminds us that the economy was quite different in the 1970's than it is today! And it fills our family with good memories as we spend family time together reminiscing and telling the pieces of our history that are important to knitting a family close together.