The baby boomer...

I really do LOVE LUCY.

    I never realized until today that baby boomers still make an impression on me worth remembering. Both my parents are of that baby boomer generation. They make me feel like this world was once an honest, hard-working place to survive in. My father was born in 1950 and my mother was born in 1953. Yes, they are at that "senior" stage of life.  I believe I was born in the wrong era. I love the 1940's. I grew up watching I Love Lucy and a myriad of old time movies from the '40's to the 60's.

     I grew up with baby boomers...and boy have I learned a lot. Today at work, I had a woman call and ask about a movie, "Courageous". It's a Christian based movie and she expressed to me how she hoped the movie was getting business. I explained to her that it was doing well and she almost broke down in tears over the phone. She was born in the 1950's. She explained to me her desires on life, on this "new generation", and movies that impacted her life. I continued to speak with her and told her about another movie, just like "Courageous" called "Fly Wheel". She asked me how I knew about this movie, and I explained to her that I watched it at my college Bible study...she was speechless and told me to tell my parents that they did a great job raising a Godly woman in Christ. This lady said thank you to me, and I asked her for what?...she said for being brave for being Christian. I know it's not a big deal to most people, but when this woman began telling me not to be afraid and be bold for Jesus, I almost broke down in tears. 

     I was working projection and I started a movie late, because of this woman who I, for some reason, didn't want to cut her off the phone. Something told me that this lady needed to speak to me and I was just taken by her meekness and humility. After the phone call ended I felt somehow reminded that God still works in odd ways. I wish I got her name, but I'm sure that my tenderness with her made an impression, much like she did with me today.  

J. Cay