The Old Days

Amber and I took our daughter Shanon and granddaughter Emily out to eat here while back. As we were finishing up our meal, Emily pointed to an old kerosene lamp flickering in the middle of the table and said, "Poppy, do you remember these?"

Not sure what she was insinuating, I said "Yes I do."

She then asked, "Poppy, at night when you were ready to go to bed, did you just blow the lamp out?"

I quickly said, "Emily, we had electricity when I was young!"

"Really!" she said.

I couldn't tell if she was surprised or disappointed.