As a lifetime baby boomer, I've re-careered this year as a first-time book author of ONCE UPON OUR TIMES (Because Life Isn't A Fairy Tale) 65 Years Growing Up Baby Boomer. This is a memory-keeper of the boomer years from 1946 until today, filled with many baby boomers' unique memories, historical events, nostalgia from each decade and fascinating highlights of the changes in fashion, fads, cars, music, sports, family relationships, dating, teenage years, middle age and what changes are in store for us as we age beyond 65.
This is a one-of-a-kind keepsake filled with photos, illustrations, and highly entertaining contents. Visit us and sign our Guest Book at www.onceuponourtimes.com
With about 79 million baby boomers, and 10,000 turning 65 daily (including me on May 9), many of us comfortably relate to our childhood years including the nostalgia of ancient inventions like black and white televisions, telegrams, manual car windows, wite-out to correct typos,flower power and "kumbaya."Others remember the challenges and hardships they faced growing up.
With the popularity of Classmates and Facebook helping bring classmates together from yesteryear, I knew someone had to preserve the history of all the decades - 6.5 - that the baby boomers have lived. This book is filled with learning lessons that are worth repeating to see how far we've progressed. People of all ages will appreciate the stories and interviews which fill the book.
I love reminiscing about the simpler, more basic times we lived in during early baby boomer days - the late 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, etc. On our website, www.onceuponourtimes.com and in our twitter@babyboomerbook you will see some of our memories - which includes plenty of internet and book research. Nostalgic marketing and memories are two huge trends today - and ONCE UPON OUR TIMES (Because Life Isn't A Fairy Tale): 65 Years Growing Up Baby Boomer takes the reader through the boomer decades, fads, fashions, teenage profiles, unique experiences, civil rights movement, the changing roles of women (hello, Rosie the Riveter) and more.
We welcome more of your personal memories for upcoming book projects. Send your comments or essays to emhsclassof1965@gmail.com and please be sure to provide contact info: name, e-mail, phone etc.