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How can our generation really leave future generations with an understanding of how things truly were in our time?
How can we realistically portray our feelings, our fears, our concerns, our love for our country and our freedom, our principles and our values, when the world outside keeps changing so fast?
Language and meanings between generations change.
True understanding between generations is nigh impossible.
Gary, seven year old son of 'Digger' Robinson loved his dad very dearly and was very proud of him.
He boasted to his school friends that his dad had been a soldier in the war. His little friends wanted proof.
"Mummy can I take daddy's medals to school to show my friends."
"No dear, daddy's medals are very valuable."
Some weeks later Gary plucked up enough courage to ask his father. "Daddy can I take your medals to 'Show and Tell' please."
"All right dear, but only two and remember they are very valuable."
"I will daddy."
Next morning his mother pinned them on his blazer - one silver medal and one gold star.
That night young Gary came home from school with only one of the medals.
"Where is daddy's other medal son? You know I told you they are very valuable."
"I know - I know they're valuable mummy, the silver one was worth ten marbles and the gold one was worth twenty. I swapped the gold one for twenty marbles."
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