Will memories carry on?

There are a lot of great memories that I have walking to school. We would all travel in groups, pick each other up, maybe even finish some homework on the way. There were days I was late and I would have to run the whole way. Having snowball fights on the way home or finding a new short cut to use. So much fun to discover the places around you. Those were and still are great memories to me. I am not so sure that my kids will be able to have the same memories that I had.

The world is changing it is progressing, cars are becoming a HUGE part of our lives and they seem to be so convenient to us. We rely on them for everything. "Jump in the car lets go......." we use that phrase so many times in the day even if we will only be in the car for 2 minuets we still feel we need to drive there. I am not so sure what will happen when I have kids. Will I live close to the school they will go to so they can walk? Do I have enough trust in the world to let them go out and walk themselves there? Cars and technology are changing but so are the people in this world. There are countless stories on the news of how a child was taken by their home and how bad things happened to them. I think that along with the changes in our thoughts toward cars we also come to change our thoughts toward people. We don't trust each other as much as we used to, which is a sad fact to realize. We have now developed this fear that was not there before. Have the days of walking home in the fall and collecting leaves come to an end? I sure hope not, I hope that when I have children they will be able to make memories of their own and that they will be able to be safe.