1961
I Fall to Pieces by Patsy Cline finished #1 on the Top 100 Hits of 1961. A great song, that's for sure, but there is no way that song title is going to be part of our Boomer Manifesto. We cannot fall to pieces! We need to be whole. For ourselves, our families and our generation. Particularly, our families. According to a Pew Research study The Return of the Multi-Generational Family Household "The multi-generational American family household is staging a comeback..." and (Boomers)"...offers its elderly parents about 50% more grown children with whom they can share a household if and when their life circumstances (such as widowhood, declining health or poverty) take them in that direction."
Social networking sites such as Facebook, Eons.com and TBD.com can attribute a lot of their growth due to the influx of Baby Boomers that want to use such sites to connect or reconnect with peers that are from the same generation, have similar issues (health, financial, spiritual), concerns and experiences. We go on Facebook and reach out to our 'friends' when we are in need of support. We believe that if we post our worries on Facebook, we can depend on our friends, some we haven't seen since high school, to lift our spirit, fill a void or 'be there' by offering up encouraging words, verses and offers of prayer.
That is why I selected You Can Depend On Me by Brenda Lee from 1961 to fill the second position of our manifesto.
If you ever, ah, if you ever need a friend
I'll be yours right by your side ah until the end
and
I wish you success
And loads of happiness
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. ~William James
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