If You're 90, You've Probably Seen A Lot!

When you're 90, you've seen and lived through a lot.

You've lived through the Great Depression, WWII, The Vietnam and Korean Wars as well as the more recent Desert Storm, invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan. 

You've seen the Space Race and the first man land on the moon. 

If you're Hyacinth Eckhardt, Warren Harding was the President of the United States when you were born.  I bet a lot of kids today haven't even heard of him!  You also saw John F. Kennedy and how he handled the Cuban Missile Crisis. 

You also lived through the era where women were expected to wear only dresses and nylons and didn't work.  The 19th Amendment to the Constitution gave her the right to vote in 1920 - just before she was born.

She also lived through the Civil Rights Movement and the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.  I can't even imagine a society where blacks weren't allowed to attend the same school as whites.  It's so foreign to me.  But not to her.  She witnessed it.

The movie icons of her hay day were Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Frank Sinatra and the rest of the Rat Pack, Paul Newman, Clint Eastwood and Judy Garland.  She listened to Jazz and Big Band music, The Beetles and witnessed Elvis' entire career from start to sad finish.

Happy 90th birthday, Hyacinth Lulu Eckhardt!  You may not move as well as you did when you were younger but you still got it!

Grammy E and her two of her sons Cliff and Wayne.

And her granddaughters (me, Lisa, Shelly and Susan.)

And their children (Mary Mayken, Owen, Shane, Sheldon, Maddie, Justin, Zach and Cassie.)

And everyone...except for Shane because he somehow managed to escape.

And since it's my blog...lol

Shane and Grammy E

Owen and Grammy E

Mary Mayken, Owen, Shane, Sheldon and Grammy E

Happy 90th Birthday, Grammy!  :)