Readers Respond

Readers Respond

We asked our online readers, “You wake up tomorrow and the year is 1988. What do you do?” Here are a few of their responses...

Grab a bowl of cereal and fire up the Nintendo - Sean Hedge

Pray it last a little longer - Marlena Hall

I’m 17 years old and 3 minths from graduation. It would be Sunday and I am getting dressed to go hear by daddy preach. After church we would go to my grannys house for lunch. Life was simple, we didn’t appreciate it. - Carla Alexander

I’d have my mom take me to visit my grandma. - Tara Chidester

Go visit my parents. - Suzanne Steele

Graduate from high school. Yeah, I’m that old! - Kathryn Waldrop

Go to work - Marsha Fisher

Probably go hug my dad, - Chris Moore

Get my license. - William Palmer

Buy Apple and Wal-Mart stock - Chancellor Wayne

Go to 11th Grade - Chris Peeler

Buy Apple stock - Mike Argo

Tell my parents/grandparents to invest in as much dirt (ground) as they possibly could. And to expect twins in November of 88 - Caleb Duffy

Enjoy every single moment of it and make sure I make as many memories with my brother as possible. - Kim Greer

Invest in Apple, Microsoft and Wal-Mart - Stephen Pegues

Finish my last graduate school paper and pray I pass so I can graduate. - Barbie Weaver

I would actually go to class in college - Pam Alston

Depending on the month, getting ready to have my precious daughter. She born in October. - Vickie Cashe

I’d head to my day job at Wright Home Furnishings. - Dennis Gurley

Talk to my momma all day - Kristi Stevens

Definitely had a lot going on. Wrecker Business, Salvage Business, and what started it all, the Body Shop. - Ty Hendershot

I’m in my 2nd semester of 8th grade having the time of my life. No bills, friends galore and lived in the best neighborhood to grow up in! Not to mention the music on the radio. THE BEST! - Tracy Hoover

I don’t make the same mistake. - Anne Johnson

I would be young and working at the hospital - Jewel Walker

If I woke up and it was 1988, knowing what I know now? That puts me at 25 years old...over all I would have tried to enjoy life morewhile I was young and more capable. I would be less controllingand I would take the time to soak up time and relationships that I have made and took for granted....everything else is temporary. If I woke up and repeated the year, I’d be coming homr from Cali just out of the AirForce. - Jack Owens

Hug my daddy all day - Susan Pinkerton

Go for a PT run unless I was in the field. I was in Germany in 88 - Charles Travis

Get groceries for a week for $50 bucks - Donnie Bowman

This time of the year I was doing my senior year of high school - John Lucy

Get married - Tammie Moss

I was in the Red Sea playing games with the Russian military patrol boat while in the Navy. - Rick Brandon

I was secretary at Junior High, Mr. Jim Moore was my boss. - Melanie Speidel

I would be sick from being pregnant with Corey Chase, I was sick the whole nine months. - Dawn Goodale

Invest in the stock market - Kathy Sanders

I would hug my daddy more that was the year he died. - Vickie Lebo

Go buy a bunch of cheap derby cars! - Kyle Wright

Enjoy my last year of being an only child! No, I would ask my parents to take me to see my grandparents. - Valarie Smith

Do the same thing I did in 88 - David Kelly

Nothing, I haven’t been born yet - Dustin Woods

Hug my momma - Stacey Greer Mitchell

Ummm cry and drink a bottle - Nicole Lollar

Put on my uniform, drive to the base where my military unit is and service my country - Donald Jeffries

Go buy some Aqua Net hair spray! - Stacy Lowery

Getting ready to rewrite my story - Jannet Wiggins

I wait on my arrival. - Mandi Johnson

Call my Aunt Lisa to pick me up and run to my Nana and Popa’s house. What I would give...- Tara Gerling

Change my life! That was the year I graduated. - Carrie Hardaway

Plannning our wedding! Worked as OB nurse. Hug my family and live smarter - Cinda Bryant

Buy bitcoin and trademark Tesla, Apple and Amazon - Chris Peeler

I’m married, I have a one year old and as a family I am embarking on a year of nursing school. Yes I do it all over again!You bet! My family was my biggest support system and now due to health, I am having to give this career up. To say I am heartbroken is an understatement. I absolutely loved being a nurse. But I know God has other plans - Renee Gibson

Visit all my family that are no longer here and not make a couple of dumb decisions. - Rose Pierce

Hug my grandparents and everyone I have lost over last 35 years, then buy all the Apple and Berkshire Hathaway stock I can beg, steal and borrow - Jeff Davis

Hug my mom and dad and never let go - Emily Davis

Love on all of my loves that have passed on - Joann Borders

First, I would hug all my family, parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, etc. who have passed on since then. I would also be back in my 3rd year of college enjoying time with friends a few who have already passed - Martha McDaniel

Go back to 1972 and hope I’m smarter than I was then - Marsha Christy

Toddle across the house, I was two then - Sonya Wilson

I worked at Castle AFB CA, going to work - Howard Kirby

Spend the day with my dad - Amanda Wagner

Don’t get drunk - Beverly Haley

Hug my dad - Amy Grubbs

Jump for joy because I would be with my mom again and see my dad and brothers. Learn not to take my family for granted that they will always be there. - Donna Gream McKellep