Why do the 70's keep coming back to haunt me

For decades now I thought that the 70's were going to go away with the clothes,but here we are in 2022 and they're back. The only thing that I really still like that was actually invented in the 60's is tie-dye shirts. I do have a tie-dye skirt that was given to me by my aunt Mary's granddaughter and I will never give that up.

I wonder why we just can't get away from the 70's outfits even in this day and age? If you watch movies and TV shows about the future you see outfits that although quite outrageous are never seen except for those shows and movies.

I look back on the way that we keep going backwards instead of forwards and think that we must be stuck in some kind of time warp that just keeps repeating itself. It's funny how much you can remember and how much you wish that you could forget.

My mom was also my grandmother, she had had me since I was born. You see I was born August 24,1970 and I remember those clothes that she was always dressing me in. Now they are but bitter sweet memories and make me miss her. Mind you I don't miss those clothes but I do miss her.

She taught me so much growing up and I miss her wisdom. She taught me to have strength, pride, and dignity in myself. She taught me about God and I truly appreciate and thank her for that. You see the 70's weren't that bad but the clothes to me were awful. Bell bottoms were something that I could not stand, I would take them and roll them up. The dresses were kind of cute but I had pant outfits that were rediculous and I really didn't like them very much. Mostly I think that the outfits that my mom wore were kind of embarrassing to say the least.

Disco clothes were sometimes very crazy to me and I just didn't get why halter tops and bell bottoms were all the craze. Now here we are in the 21st century and we are bringing the whole thing back again. Why? Have we lost any ideas that could put us in the 21st century? Well if there was any century that was great for clothes for me it would have to be set in the 20's-50's now they new how to dress. They had class and style and the Oscars provided that with our glamours stars and starlets showing off what used to be what glamour is supposed to be about.

So, as for the 70's and all the weird clothes from then, I will have to say that it's just me and you can dress any way that you want to but please let's keep the bell bottoms to a minimum.

What can I say the 70's weren't always the dream that I would have liked them to be. I spent most of them crying and worrying about if God was going to take my mom away due to her having strokes off and on. I guess this story isn't really about the 70's clothes coming back after all.

As I said earlier my mom was actually my grandmother and she had me since birth. I remember the night that it all blew up and I got my jaw broken. My biological mother was fighting with my mom about her finding one of her boyfriends in my room standing over my bed. I'm not sure what she caught him doing because I have blocked that part out of my memory. Needless to say it started a huge fight.

Mom told my biological mother that she was going to call the cops on the guy, one of her boyfriends was this huge Indian guy with huge hands and arms. He started hitting my mom and when I bit him he hit me in the face. Do you know how hard it is at two years old to have your jaw wired shut and trying to eat. Well, during the fight my little brother was thrown across the room and he slid down the wall. I thought that he was dead until I heard him start crying...he was six months old at the time.

We couldn't get to him and we had to get out of there. So,we ran to the police station and then we ran to Florida when mom realized that she might lose me to my biological mother. I'm thankful that we did because I was terrified of ending up with her and her boyfriends.

I have had to learn how to forgive my biological mother for the past and for her and my biological father abandonment,but I don't think that I would have turned out as well as I have had I been with them. God has other plans for me and although I still went through things that I wouldn't have wanted to go through I made it here alive.

Was everything perfect living with my mom,no,but that's k. I am still here and I have my God and mom to thank for it. I miss her so very much. Although mom didn't pass away until 2020, she had dementia and we slowly watched her leave us day by day. She was how I learned to love beyond race,creed, religion,or color. And for someone who was born in 1929 that says a lot.

She taught me that being prejudiced is wrong and you can be angry with me for not seeing you for your color if you want,but I will always see people for who they are on the inside not the outside for as long as I live. I was watching the movie Robin Hood Prince of Thieves the other day and there's a beautiful part in it where a little girl comes up to Morgan Freeman and asks if God painted him and why. His reply was yes because God likes diversity and created us all differently and different colors. So,why can't we be the same way?

You know in the 70's I watched the clothes and the people who were changing and trying to make changes for equality. They have pretty much tried to stay the same in a changing world that has tried to forget that God created it all. God is all around us folks and we had better wake up and realize that we are not in control of the world that we live in. How can you ask why didn't God protect our schools when we have literally kicked him out of them?

How can we ask why didn't God protect us from our enemies when we have kicked him out of our homes and our country. We won't let him in our Congress or our hearts and still we want God's protection. It's like when you say forget the cops then call them cause someone is breaking into our homes and trying to kill us. God stops listening and so do the people that we want to protect us when we stop letting them do their jobs.

Are there bad cops yes, is God a bad God no. God wants us to prosper,to live without pain and suffering but we refuse to take up the mantle and worship the one and only true God then we might as well expect what is coming to us. Well, I am done ranting now...I hope that you understand that what started out being about bad clothes has now turned into a story about myself and how I was raised and how I feel about the world. I pray that the whole world becomes saved and realizes who God truly is,a Savior, loving God, forgiving God,a God that didn't have to sacrifice His only begotten Son Jesus Christ to save us and help us conquer death and satan. You can be saved if you want to be just ask Him to come into your hearts and He will be there in your darkest hours. He may not take you out of the situation you are in but He will help you through it. It's not about the storm but about how you get through it that counts.

Miley Sirius has a song called the Climb,in it there's a line that says it's not about the mountain and how she wants it to just be moved but about the climb that matters. It's a beautiful song and you need to listen to the words and not just the music. Well, I think that I have said enough now. Have a great day and I hope that you enjoyed my writing.