a mystery

“Do you know what a mystery is?” she asked me. I could tell by the all knowing look on her 5 year old face that she knew exactly what a mystery was.

I said, playing along “why no. I don’t know what a mystery is. Do tell”

“A mystery” she explained matter of factly, “is a small box with ribbon in it. And when Aunty Vanessa put it in to the CD box, it played music! Music I’ve never heard of before. It is a mystery!”

And then I felt very – very old. This child does not know what a tape cassette is. She has only ever known CD’s – DVD’s – Cell Phones, the internet.

All these little things that we did not have as kids.

I only saw a cell phone in real life, for the first time, when I was 14.
I had seen one on TV before. Actually, it was Hope’s cell phone, Hope from Days of Our Lives, who’s was the first I had ever seen. I remember it was the size of a small car and it was white.

Evolution?