We no longer answer the house phone, it is mostly an intrusion into our meals, movies and books. Only the bill collectors and telemarketers call now.
After raising a family of five of our own plus foster children, grandchildren and assorted strays we were looking forward to the empty nest.
Travel would be awesome, dinner at adult restaurants and a single room with a king bed. Room service in the morning and an afternoon spent doing all of the things that children dislike.
The tanking of the economy changed all of that. We are going backward instead of forward financially now. Any dreams of the future are rapidly becoming nightmares.
I challenge our presidential hopefuls to spend a week with the average American and see life the way 99% of us do.