Mom's 81st Birthday

My mom was 81 this week. Born in 1929. Babe Ruth in 1929 was the first player to hit 500 home runs. 29 was the start of the great depression and Calvin Coolidge was president.
World war 2 ended when she was 16.
When she was 21 the average salary was $2,992 and bread was .14 cents. A house cost roughly 8K. (I would not happy about that salary but bring back the 8k house) Gary Cooper and Bing Crosby were a few of the top stars. Some of the popular singers in 1950, when she was 21 were Perry Como and Mario Lanza, Nat King Cole and of course Elvis! Truman was President.
My mom was not allowed to go to college and she would have loved to have gone. She loved school and math.
It just made me think of how her world must have changed and how different things are now. What will it be when I am 81??
Happy Birthday, Mom
“And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.”