Iconic Picture of History
Kobina Wright
December 03, 2008
On CNN.com, Katherine McIntosh shares her story about surviving The Great Depression, because she, at the age of 4, was photographed in one of the great iconic photographs depicting the era with her 32-year-old mother and syblings.
"I wanted to make sure I never lived like that again," says McIntosh. She will be 77 on Saturday.
The article is timely as McIntosh provides her own words of wisdom about how to survive the current global recession that is taking a toll on everyone. McIntosh says if there's a lesson to be learned from her experience it is to save your money and don't overextend yourself.
But what will the iconic photograph of our recession be? It most likely won´t be a migrant working mother and her two young children. Could it be another picket line? Or a home with a foreclosure sign on the lawn? Maybe even a long line at the unemployment office next to a retail store advertising a "going out of business" sale.
At any rate, our parents, grandparents and great-grandparents had the strength to go through it then, and now is our time to learn from their struggles and survival and weather the storm now.
Our worth should not be valued by the gifts we buy this Christmas, but instead our contribution to the fabric of our country and the world beyond. This Christmas should be the most meaningful Christmas you´ve ever experienced. Now give THAT as a gift.
"I wanted to make sure I never lived like that again," says McIntosh. She will be 77 on Saturday.
The article is timely as McIntosh provides her own words of wisdom about how to survive the current global recession that is taking a toll on everyone. McIntosh says if there's a lesson to be learned from her experience it is to save your money and don't overextend yourself.
But what will the iconic photograph of our recession be? It most likely won´t be a migrant working mother and her two young children. Could it be another picket line? Or a home with a foreclosure sign on the lawn? Maybe even a long line at the unemployment office next to a retail store advertising a "going out of business" sale.
At any rate, our parents, grandparents and great-grandparents had the strength to go through it then, and now is our time to learn from their struggles and survival and weather the storm now.
Our worth should not be valued by the gifts we buy this Christmas, but instead our contribution to the fabric of our country and the world beyond. This Christmas should be the most meaningful Christmas you´ve ever experienced. Now give THAT as a gift.