Back in the Day: The Lost Art of Social Manners and Work Ethic

Paternal Grandparents-Robert and Bertha Clarkston

Back in the day . . . .

My paternal grandfather passed away before I had a chance to know him. But I was raised near the apron strings of my grandmothers and the worn work boots of my maternal grandfather.

There’s a phrase I heard from each of them, “Back in the day . . . .”

Back in the Day: Stories Told

Albeit, the phrase was often a precursor to what we think of as treacherous, uncivilized back in the day stories. Narratives of how they walked uphill both ways to school (strange how that works). When money was tight, a Christmas gift was an orange—the kind you eat, not an orange dump truck, or an orange dress.

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