We promised you a surprise bonus contest this month. Well, here it is: an essay contest!
A little while back, we asked you which time period you’d go to if you had a time machine. Your answers were really creative and we wanted to hear more about them. So, for this essay contest, we’re re-asking (is that a word?) you to tell us about where you’d travel back in time and why … but this time in detail! Have fun and good luck.
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If I had a time machine I would go to two places. First I would go back to the 1990s and Tell my Opa to take care of himself and to take his meds and everything. He died in 1998 and I miss him so much. I wish he could meet my daughter and if I prevented his death then he could be her Ur-Opa!! The second place I would go is to 2003. I would again prevent a death. My father in law got sick in 2004 but it could have been prevented in 2003 IF he would have had a small operation and take some meds. His death changed my Husband family forever and it will never be the same with out him. I guess I might also play and win the lottery…but that would be a second though!!
This is me Laura Marie M!!!
That is great Laura. But you & everyone can let God go into your past. He alone can heal that issue of absent Opa. The God of the universe is able to if you can have the Faith in Him. Even if you wonder how can he do this. Just Believe Him for His great ability to. And watch your family over-come & repeat & replace what you think you lost. Faith towards God on this issue.
The above blog was written by Lynwood Charles Walker: March 26 2011 at 8:26p.m. to Mrs. Laura M. God Bless.
If I had a time machine, I would go back to 1940′s. I listened to stories that my parents and grandparents told me, when I was growing up. How life was so simple and pure. Of course the cost of living was cheap, but the wages You earned wasn’t the best. They made do with what they had. Parents taught thier children the value of money, and how to earn a HONEST dollar. Children were taught that your word is bond. Within every community there was a family bond. Every one looked after each others children. If a neighbor needs help, they would come together as a community and give the family support.
Unfortunately times have changed, but something’s haven’t changed. Parents are still working hard to provide for the families. Dads are now staying home to take care of the children. Which is awesome..thank you dads. But for some reason, some of our kids can not understand HONEST HARD WORK! They want us (the parents) to give them everything on s siver platter. We teach them from day one to honor your word, always work for your money (legally), respect your neighbors, and the most important Always lend a helping hand.
The new generation is going to the crapper. Too much technology!! They have cell phones, Ipods, MP3, high tech computers. Do they know how to look up a word in the dictionary? What happened to being
creative?
I would use my Time Machine trip to back to the 1940′s, to teach the The New Generation How to live correctly.
Thanks
If I had a time machine I would go back to Athens at the time of Aristotle (and magically know Greek of course). I’d want to study philosophy at the foot of one of the greatest philosophers in history. I’d also like to time it so I could also study with Plato and hear everything he has to say about Socrates. This would be the closest I could get to all three of my favorite philosophers who have done so much for western thought, philosophy, science and society. I think if I could go back to that time, I’d feel my soul fly out of my chest and be washed over with Aristotelian happiness aka human flourishing. Oh how I love ancient Greek philosophy. *sigh*
If I had a time machine I would travel back to September 5, 1964 to attend the Beatles concert at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago. There is something more significant than this just being a Beatles concert; my mom was there in the fifth row. She was just 15 years old and was able to go with a couple of her friends. The tickets were only 5 dollars. I would do anything to be able to go to a Beatles concert, let alone be able to stand next to my mom as a teenager as well!
Here is a link to a picture of the concert that was published in the Chicago Tribune. My mom found herself in the picture and showed it to me. I thought this was the coolest thing ever. I circled her.
http://tinyurl.com/48gaxh5
If I could go back in a time machine I would go back to the day of December 8th, 1980. That was the day John Lennon was killed by Mark David Chapman. Maybe I couldn’t save him but I could tell him how much I loved him & admired his Music & what he stood for. I was lucky enough to see him perform in 1972 at Madison Square Garden, I think it was the end of the summer because I had just turned 20. I wish I would’ve known then that it would be the one & only time I would see him, & like most people that were there for the concert that night I wish he hadn’t had Yoko on stage with him. He only played for a short time but he was so good I truly fell in love with him that night. He was so talented, alive, & caring & he had such a strong sense of who he was. He was remarkable. If I could have had one conversation with him I would’ve asked him about his Art. Not everyone realizes that he was a great artist & painted some really awesome pictures. I would ask him how he came up for the ideas for his songs, he always made it look so easy. I remember the 1rst time I saw the “Imagine” Video on TV in 1971.. Everything was white…the Baby Grand piano, his outfit & the curtains that were gently blowing in the breeze around him while he played. It was a perfect moment never to be repeated. It made me feel that everything that was wrong with the world at the time would be all right. I would ask him how he felt about his time with the Beatles & how he liked being a Dad. “Beautiful Boy” is one of my favorite songs, we sang it to my son when he was little. It was such a tender,loving song. Of course John did a lot of things that pissed people off but it made me love him all the more because it showed that he was just a man & he had his faults. Of course if this whole situation was possible I would tell him to stay home that night because we needed him to stick around for awhile & I didn’t want him to be shot. I used to get up at 4:30 in the morning back then & I remember listening to the radio while I was getting ready for work & hearing that he was dead. It really shook me up. When I finished work at 3 PM I took a train from Long Island into the city & stood outside the Dakota in the freezing cold with everyone else that was there. We had candles & we stood around & just talked about John & wished that this had never happened. They say everything happens for a reason but I never got why John was gone so soon. He would’ve been 70 years old last year if he was still alive, “Imagine” what he would’ve gone on to do! I really wish I could’ve gone back in a time machine & saved him, but I guess someone had other plans for him! I like to think he’s sitting up in Heaven with his white suit & his white Baby Grand still writing songs. As always, Peace!
heyy If I had a Time Machine I would Travel to Various Points in History and Make a Few Changes that Would Prevent Man’s Inhumanity To Man and Our Planet Earth. I might even Prevent Certain Parents From Meeting so they Wouldn’t Give Birth to People who Did Atrocities in History. It’d be Interesting to see what Those Changes Do to Our History?
It’s funny you say this cause people always say they would kill Hitler and stop all the bad thing that happened in Germany from Happening…I would not be here if you did that!! My grandfather had to escape Germany because of Hitler and from that he met my grandmother and they had my mom and then moved to America when she was 4!!! My mother would not be here and neither would I or my brother or my daughter… ;(
I would jump a day into the future and check the newspapers for sports scores, horse race results, lottery numbers, stock prices, and anything else I could bet on or invest in to get rich… Of course, I’d jump back and place the bets, buy the lottery tickets, invest in the stocks and get rich… or else I wouldn’t be able to afford the time machine in the first (second?) place…
If I had a time machine I think I would want to go back before many of the disasters that have occurred and help save numerous lives. Japan, Chili, Haiti to name a few. I would also want to go back to make sure my sister took care of her breast cancer before it took her life. So many things I would want to do to help others but also to love this life more; to be happy with what I have and not keep looking for more. It would be nice if everyone could be happy and enjoy each day with what we have and not keep wanting more. I also think I would like to go back in time to show people that there is more to life than “thinks”. things that can be lost or stolen in a blink of an eye.
I would want to delay my husband by just 5 minutes that fateful night so he wouldn’t have gotten in the accident that changed his life.
So many times I can think of that I would have liked to have had different outcomes but when it comes down to what we have, I will just sit back and be thankful for what we do have now and try to make a difference for those who come after me.
And that’s why Mrs. Kati I do exactly what you said. Appreciate people while they are hear with us now. From my Grandpa/Grandma I remember coming over spending time with them. A lot. Just because I new they would one day be gone from this place. My Grandpa’s sister too. I made an plan in my life to get their addresses and visit them as I rarely saw them growing up. To this day now. I visit my grandpa family. I get to know my grand ma’s last sister on my TO DO LIST. In Oklahoma. CALIF. I go see these people. Call them. My Mom and Dad’s Sisters & Brothers. I take evenings out to visit them, call them on the phone. They Love the contact that I stay in contact. I want them all to know me. And enrich my life with their presence. As each of these Time Machine ads have Blessed me so much. Thank you all and thank the company who gave us this opportunity out of life to think about what we would do. Hope all of you have time to read mines too. I am so touched by everyone’s blog. Thank you, you each make me a better person to live out our dream.
The Above blog was written by. Lynwood Charles Walker; March 26 2011 at 8:50 p.m. to reply to Mrs. Kati.
IF I HAD A TIME MACHINE I WOULD GO BACK TO AND DO MY LIFE ALL OVER AGAIN
If i had a time machine i would go to the future not backwards because with all the disasters we have had in our past who would want to relive all that,i would go to the future to see what life had in store for me and my family
So a Time Machine! Wow, What fun I could have! I guess my first instinct would be to use it to get answers. I would answer all those nagging questions! You know the ones! Who Really killed JFK? Was it one bullet? Who WAS on that grassy knoll? Did JFK and Marilyn actually have an affair? Did the Kennedy’s have anything to do with her death? Who is Jack the Ripper? Follow him and find out the truth! And what happened to him? Speaking of disappearances, Amelia Earhart where is she? Is Elvis dead? Check out the Roswell crash are there aliens? Who Built the Pyramids Really? And Stonehenge? And all those crop circles and designs. Did Jesus Really Walk on Water? Did Moses actually part a sea? I’ll leave the whole Jonah thing to my imagination. Go and Check out Adam and Eve! What about Buddha and Mohammed? Go and Check out the Jurassic Period! Only Dinosaurs or where there cavemen? And what killed those poor dinosaurs? What caused that ice age? Then there is the beginning we always want to know what happened in the beginning? Was it a Big Bang or a little one? Did it take seven days? Will Humans ever explore space? Go where no one has gone before? Maybe I will even discover if 42 is truly the answer to life, the universe and everything. And “TELL NO ONE!” Because really what fun would it be to know if everyone knew!
If I could go back in time, I want to go back to June 6, 1944, the Invasion of Normandy. I want to take part in one of, if not the biggest turning point in the Second World War for the allies. I would be grabbing a rope and heading up Pointe du Hoc to help knock out the German 88s that were or would have knocked out our naval vessels off the coast of France.
Then, after the Pointe du Hoc mission, I would move more inland with my comrades-in-arms and help knock out other German defenses. If I continued to survive, then I would want to be one of the liberators of the German death camps, so that I could see firsthand what happened to my relatives during those terrible years.
I would also want to take part in the Battle of the Bulge because I would want to meet one of my greatest heroes, General George S. Patton.
On a more personal note, a time machine used for personal good! Assuming that even talking to someone in the past would not change history. I would not want to do that it might make things worse than better. I think I would use it to see my mother again. She died before I got married and never met her grandchildren. I would take her pictures and tell her stories so she knew she did good in this life. I would also see my brother again and tell him he is the model I live by when things get painful and times get rough. He battled Juvenile Diabetes all his life. It took his sight and some of his mobility, but he laughed and joked in the hospital and rarely complained. He even moved to a new city alone and went to school and found a mate. It won shortly before his 36th birthday. I would go back and talk with my grandfather one more time. Sit on his handmade porch swing and just truly listen! I would visit myself as a child. I would explain to me that life will be good one day, be strong and LOL there is Life after High School! I would also use it to answer personal questions I have. Like the name of a great-great-great-grandfather who was a Cherokee Indian Shaman who fell in love with a young white woman, changed his name and faith to be with her. I would love to meet him and find his true name. I would watch and see what really happened in my family, you know those skeletons. I would like to find out the truth and maybe help my family today.
Now He He He (evil laugh), Time Machine with no consequences! I would go back to those Bullies! You know who you are and I would so prank them! You know Nair in the shampoo bottle… glue on their seat! Nothing permanent or too painful! Actually I think I would just go and make my childhood self take some self defense courses, that would make it work itself out! I would go and tell my my mother to buy some stock for Apple and IBM. I would take a listing of some of horses to my Uncle. He loved the races when he was younger! I would explain to my mother that getting first print books signed to yourself and not taking care of them makes them worthless! I would tell her to invest in Ziploc Baggies! I would go and give myself some winning lottery numbers. I would tell my brother not to buy that stupid car! I would take TONS of pictures of anything and everything while I was growing up. Okay enough greed… I think that does it for my Time Machine dreams.
If I had a time machine, I would go back to High School right when it was time to decide what I wanted to go to college for. I would have chosen to go to school for business. I would have graduated by now and would be financially independent instead of being so poor. I would not be struggling now trying to go for business because I would have done all that already. I also would have paid off all my school loans.
I swear Time machine could change my life! If ever I had a Time machine I want to go back to Nov 29th 2004 12 am , The most important day of our Lives! Day I met my Sweetheart , His Birthday. We never dreamt even in our Best Dreams we were going to meet , fall in love ,marry and now Proud Parents of 2 Beautiful Daughters born in 08 and 10 .My bad that my second pregnancy was bit difficult as I had to manage on my own and didnt have Parents support this time as my sis-in-law was also due sametime and my Mom has come after delivery to take care of our Baby.I wish I could go back to 2004 best times of our lives which are relived in our memories. I wish those Eyes would see ME back . I wish those Handsome Eyes listen to my Heart. I wish those Eyes come back to me.
I wish those eyes sees only me in Party Hall. I wish those eyes wait for my Wink in any Party. I wish those Eyes could see what I see.I wish those Eyes Play with me back. I wish those eyes see those colors which I see. I wish we both watch the movie in the Best way it used to be before.Hun I miss those eyes and dont see them anymore. Its my Bad and I am so guilty its my mistake that I let those eyes wander alone . Whatever circumstances it might be , whatever hardships I had I must never ever had let those eyes wanderaway from me.I thought it was all for fun and let some other eyes take those eyes away from me. I am guilty I didnt support you. I want to cry aloud and let the Whole World know that You had done every single thing for me and some junk eyes played a game for fun and took those eyes away from me and Blamed both of Us. I just wanted those eyes to know I Trust them forever and will never ever leave them again. I wish those eyes give me a chance and trust me back. If ever I had a Time machine which could set Both our eyes to 2004 it would be so nice.Its just We are matured parents now and no more games played for longtime from 2007. I wish those eyes are aware of the fact that it has been hard for me too to tolerate and give space for lots of eyes playing games on us. I wish those eyes knew that pregnancy was difficult for me and my only goal that time was for a Healthy baby and safe delivery and food wherever I could get.
P.S:- Wake up Wake up All! Good Morning
Oops it was just a Bad Dream and Time Machine is off now 
lol
and will wish me Forever!
Those Handsome eyes are still winking and wishing me – Very GM
Happy Weekend All!
If I could go back in time, it would be before my father and the aunt (his sister) died and ask them why they never told me how I came to be raised by my aunt and her husband. They were wonderful to me, but there are so many unanswered questions. Why would my dad just let my aunt and uncle just adopt me. Why did my dad and step-mom socialize with my real mom and her husband. Did my father really love me? Since my mom and sister are both recovered alcoholics, was I depressed in the womb?? If I get to heaven (and I hope I do!) will my relatives be there and answer these questions or will Jesus answer for them??
I would love to go back to the time right before the Civil War. When men where men and women were classy and elegant. I would love to see how things really were back then, the styles and everything. I have always been fascinated by this time period and I think it would be so awesome to experience it first hand. I would like to see what it was like when people didn’t rely on technology or any of todays modern conveniences. It might help me to better appreciate the things I do have in my life and not be so upset when something doesn’t go my way!
I wouldn’t use it because everything happens for a reason, no matter how big or how small, the things that happen in our life help shape our character. When we survive the things that happen it makes us stronger, when we don’t maybe we go to a better place. But there’s always something you can take from everything that happens in your life, good or bad. I lost my first child, nothing in this world will ever explain that to me, but it brought my husband and I closer together and now that I have my daughter I can appreciate her in a way that some parents may take for granted. There was a lot of bad about what happened to us but good came out of it too. Our history is no different, it has shaped our country’s/world’s character in some way. It makes us more intelligent when we learn from our mistakes or the mistakes of others and makes us stronger for the next time. So don’t look back, look forward and trust in God to lead the way.
You’re right Mrs. Kammie W. That’s why I try to appreciate people while I have them here now. I don’t want to regret .
My Dad used to talk to me the way you are speaking in your blog. It made me say. Well why don’t I become that person now. Why should I wait and loose out on what I can do now. I hug and kiss my family and friends just because I saw them today. To appreciate them respectfully. I say to them that I value them. I surprise them by writing a letter of Remember when: A Certain Point In Time.
Thank you Mrs. Kammie W., for what you said. It has for me removed the feeling of lose when I attend a funeral.
You’re welcome and thank you for your comments! I appreciate your positive attitude!
You’re right Mrs. Kammie W. That’s why I try to appreciate people while I have them here now. I don’t want to regret .
My Dad used to talk to me the way you are speaking in your blog. It made me say. Well why don’t I become that person now. Why should I wait and loose out on what I can do now. I hug and kiss my family and friends just because I saw them today. To appreciate them respectfully. I say to them that I value them. I surprise them by writing a letter of Remember when: A Certain Point In Time.
Thank you Mrs. Kammie W., for what you said. It has for me removed the feeling of lose when I attend a funeral.
by lynwood charles walker
If I had a time machine, I would go back to 1976 when my older brother was a year old and I shave down the middle of his head and take pictures. I would then jump back in the time machine and travel to 1996 and show all of my brother’s girlfriends the picture of him at a year old with a Reverse Mohawk. This way he would not dare try to harass me because I would have stuff to blackmail him for the rest of his life.
If I had a time machine . . . hmm. Well, I wouldn’t go back in time, for I could then answer all the questions and there would be little to ponder and wonder about. I wouldn’t go forward in time, for that would spoil all the anticipation and surprises.
BUT, I WOULD rent it to others to to travel to and fro at their whim to seek answers they simply must have.
Time travel would be like money – the more you have available, the more you want. No one would be living in the present for long! It would be peaceful lol!
If I had a time machine I would go back to 2005 and stop the terrorist from attacking! Which would same me from having to continuously go overseas! Getting shot at isn’t the best feeling in the world! I wish everyday for piece and harmony in the world and with this war going on and the president not doing anything about it we are constantly losing our loved ones each and everyday! I love my country and would die for it! Jus a few things that need changes!
And Brittany, I’m with you on that. But guess what sis. We as soldiers are very fortunate. The death tole is very low. Compared to other wars.
I think America’s praying for us.
If I had a time Machine I would go back to before TV, when radio was just beginning to become popular. This is when Character Development was at it’s height, when ladies were ladies and gentlemen were gentlemen. I would grab a copy of The Peaceful Soltion Education Program that I use with my children before I leave and teach it to my great great grandparents so they could pass it down.
My reason for this is I see how much anguish my family went through because of lack of parental guidance. My brother, suffers from anger management problems and my entire family have treated each other abusively. I have found that if I could have prevented the decline in positive moral character my family would have had the education to rise above the anger and be at peace.
My children have been taught from birth so I wouldn’t go through the saddness of my upbringing. I have teens now and don’t have the problems my parents had because I broke the chain. I want my ancestors to have known then what I know now.
If I had a time machine I would not go back in time to try
and change any part of our history because I believe that
in doing so would cause a chain reaction of changes to our
history as a whole. What I would do is travel to the year of
1967 where both of my parents were living in vry bad conditions
and circumstances in their childhood, they would have both
been 7 yrs old at this time. What I would tell them both is that
while your life right now is hard, lonley, and scary u both should
know that because of how your life is now you both become determined as a parent and as husband and wife to never put your family and children through the things that y’all had to endure. I will tell them that even though their present life seems to much to bear your future will hold only love happiness and respect and that they will have two little girls who adore them and are very lucky that you are there parents and they will give you 4 adoring granchildren who think they hung the moon and stars. I would tell them that I will see you when I am born and that I love them. Then I would travel to the exact date that they met so I could witness first hand what they describe as instant love at first sight at 16 yrs of age and see the begining of love to last all loves that would be the exact moment that my future was put into play.
If I had a time machine I would return to the days of my youth and once again enjoy the presence of my mother, “Zemily Elvira”. My mother was by nature shy but also a very happy person who loved to sing although she could not carry a tune. This did not keep her from singing loudly and joyfully at church. She was definitely a “lady” of her day and never wore a pair of slacks and dressed as soon as she awoke in the mornings. She wore stocking eveyday and an apron over the homemade cotton dress. She wore a pin at the neck of her dress and had an everyday pin and a Sunday pin. Mother always wore a hat to church
and when she cut her long red hair in the mid forties she never let it grow long again. Homemade bread was a speciality of hers and bisquits were on the table every morning for breakfast. She canned countless jars of fruits and vegetables each year. Her pickled peaches were her blue ribbon winners. Free time was precious and when it rarely came to Zemily she enjoyed crocheting and quilting. Zemily married at the early age of 16 and gave birth to 8 children. After the birth of her first 2 daughters she bore 2 sons. One lived to be 2 years old and was lost to death because of the lack of antibotics. After this loss a second son was born who only lived 9 days. Again, in todays world he would have survived. After a period of time she went on to become the mother of 4 more girls. Over the years she became a master at canning, gardening, baking, nursing, sewing, wallpappering, and countless other fetes. Zemily was shy and would blush when teased but was not afraid to go forth and try new things. One would marvel at the strength she sometimes showed. She was so happy when women were given the right to vote and always proudly took advantage of the opportunity. Mother was very tender hearted and loved people which meant she had many friends and was loved and respected by all who knew her. When she laughed she would tilt her head back and truly laugh. When she became nervous she would wrap her hands in her apron and roll the material around in her fingers. She was afraid of storms and always ducked her head when the thunder rolled and the lightening cracked. Mother loved flowers, especially lilacs and would have had an award winning yard except for the lack of well water. Although Mother owned very few personal items and none of which were of any real value she carried herself like royalty. For many years she lived with heart problems and little was known in the medical field to help make her life easier. She continued to live daily with seemingly never failing love, strength and satisfaction. She was truly “one of a kind”.
Wow a TIME MACHINE?
I would go back into the past to the day that God created humans.
I would try to help him figure out how to keep all of them from distroying each other. To live in peace and just be HAPPY.
Everyone would be equal and there would be lots of joy, and celebrating and no harming of any creature.
All that our children want when they are brought into this world is to have uncondional love. If they got that from their parents then it would spill out into the rest of the world and everyone would be a lot more content and happy to just be alive.
I would then not mind coming back to the present and see world peace!
If I could I would put my arms around each and every child in the world and keep them safe from harm and happy.
How about I’d simply go back to the moment BEFORE time began, and know the answer to everything. Or just to the moment when the first non-living matter became living matter. Now that would be a miracle.
just one choice is hard because I would love to live in the civil war time period when there were mansions and elegant dresses and such but since I am a poor person and know how it is to work for what I have -I find the pioneer time intriquing as it was such a hard time for people but especially the women -I know I could of lived it and survived it. but I guess I would like to redo some of the life I have so that I could just slow down and enjoy it and learn more as I went along and appreciated the people in my life more and made better choices and less bad ones-I dont think I would of let others tell me what I could and couldnt do as I did -I would of done more of what I wanted to do -live my life as I wanted to do -loved the ones I wanted -more love less problems I still have the mind I had as a teen and young person but my body is old and time has passed me by and soon will be over and so much I havent gotten to do that I wanted to do.
I would go back to the moment I proposed to my wife. Don’t get me wrong, I am relieved as to where my life is and excited about our future, but I would want to blow her mind. As things are now, she doesn’t even remember me asking her. I would rent the sky or the side of every building of her morning commute just to express just how much better my life would be if she were to spend the rest of my life as my wife. Oh and I’d drop a big puddle of moscato on her… It’s her favorite!
Taking a deep breath, I approach. Half-excited, half-terrified, my mind tries to wrap itself around this contraption in front of me. A time machine, how is it possible? There is a whoosh-hiss as the door opens. Heart pounding, I enter, not believing that in only a few moments I will arrive on the other side of a dream. A dream, and yet I am very much awake. Just press the red button….
Whhhiiiiiirrrrrrr…. I take a deep breath. The door opens, and I step out into a time not so far in the distant past. Are you kidding me? Eyes wide, I stare in disbelief at my great-grandmother, my Ada…OH MY GOD. That baby she is holding, laughing and bouncing on her knee, that baby is me.
Many lines trace her sweet face, an inheritance of her Native American ancestry. My chubby baby fingers grasp long, snow white hair as she leans close. Smiling, she whispers, “You and I are one and the same, small one. I am you, and you are me. Where I go, there you follow. Where you go, I’ll always be.” I smile back.
My mother calls, “Okay, time for a picture!” The flash goes off. The rest of the day goes by slowly, sweetly, just like honey, until darkness begins to fall. Suddenly, the house erupts into chaos! They’ve called the ambulance to come for Ada. I begin to panic, looking for the red button. I do not want to be around for what happens next.
Whhhiiiiirrrrr…. A sigh of relief then, whoosh-hiss. Thankful to be home again, I never notice the silent tears falling on an old Polaroid photograph. I can only hear sweet whispered words – “You and I are one and the same…”
If I came across a time machine, I would go back to any period of time that was before the death of my grandmother. I would love to see her even if it lasts a second, and just hug her and tell her all the things she didn’t get to hear from me. My grandma and I had a very close relationship, therefore just being next to her would be precious for me. I love and miss her very much.
i would go back to meet jesus!
Now that would be cool…
If I had a time machine Id go to the 1970s when times where alot less stressful and the music was great.Id wanna see one of the greatest rock bands Led Zeppelin and to get the opportunity to see the birth of rock would be something worth while
I would travel back to the 1960′s when my mum was only 7 years old, her dad – my grandad was in hospital for a minor Op but the doctors didnt listen when he said something was wrong after so he died a couple of hours later. My mum then had to move from her home in sunny San Francisco to cold England, where i was born. I know She has missed her dad every day since and her real home.
if I had a time machine I would travel back to the dinosaurs and find how these creatures live. i love danger and danger is my game it would be fantastic to get up and close to these creatures and even find out how man live as well.
if i had a time machine i would go back 10 minutes to buy the winning lotto numbers
I would like to show up as Jesus of Nazareth oldest half sister and grow up with the guy, still knowing what I know today. I’d attempt not to change anything, but be a witness, a literate one who could write it all down. I would make sure there were lots of copies and hide them, or leave them with certain people of influence and see how far they get going forward in history. What a marvel it would be to come back to 2011 and see if the manuscripts, or any part of them survived. I would bring a copy back with me and introduce it now if it hasn’t already had an effect on human nature. I hope burning at the stake doesn’t become reaccepted.
Its funny that someone would ask me pthat question because I was just thinking that the other day. If I had a time machine and was able to go back in time I would go back to the summer be fore my senior year in high school. This time was very important and was the changing point in my life . The day before my 17th birthday we had a footnall scrimmage and I got hurt , well paralized from my neck down. I had nofeeling or movement for about 6 hours very scared at this time . I was a top prospect in football. I attended a football combine earlier in the summer and preformed realy well top. I finieshed in the top 5 in each
Its funny that someone would ask me pthat question because I was just thinking that the other day. If I had a time machine and was able to go back in time I would go back to the summer be fore my senior year in high school. This time was very important and was the changing point in my life . The day before my 17th birthday we had a footnall scrimmage and I got hurt , well paralized from my neck down. I had nofeeling or movement for about 6 hours very scared at this time . I was a top prospect in football. I attended a football combine earlier in the summer and preformed realy well top. I finished in the top 5 in each of the programes like the forty yard dash bench pressing ect.. finished firsted in the vertical jump. Then we had the scrimmage later in the summer and I was hurt. If I couuld change anything it would be not geting hurt at that time and would’ve been able to go to any top football school and play ball and would have had a chance to try ouut for any of the NFL teams. Damn! I wished I had a time machine..
If I had a time machine, I would warn everyone about the upcoming disasters. That way many of those lives were not lost. 9/11 was a major disaster that could have prevented. All those family and friend members could recover their lost loved ones that were killed. Haiti was a devastating disaster. Although it might not have made the biggest difference, we could have evacuated lots of people. Lots of children had bright futures and were not able to fulfill their dreams. Recently Japan was hit with a devastating earthquake followed by a tsunami wave. We could have had the time to prepare and build for this disaster. Many people were taken and its not fair. We all deserve to live and with a time machine I could save lots of lives.
Wow! A time machine….I believe I would go back to to when I was pregnant with my son. I spend every day wishing he would not get older and just stay the same. A time machine would be really helpful in letting me go back to September 2006 and relive the happiest years in my life. Watching my child grow into a young gentleman is the greatest thing in the world. I would love to start over and enjoy it longer. It really is true when people say you will miss the days when your children were young.
well. let me see…i think i would like to journry ahead in time. to see the outcome of what man has really placed upon this earth. to see if there is an earth left at all. or to see if the bible is the one telling ythe truth…that the meek shall inherit the earth forever, the way the world runs today show no guarentee of a better future. inflation. shortages. high morgages…but to see if the biblical earth exist…ahead of time…to imagine a world that has no war. no famine. no dying. to see it acutally will exist. what a miricale that would be. still that is if and this is now…so i better awake from this dream!
Where I’d go if I had a time machine? There would be so many things that I would go back and prevent from happening the way that the did, but also I would go towards the future and see how they worked out. Like I would go back in time and prevent some that my little brother got Crohn’s and if that could not be prevented I would go to the future and see the cure for it and bring it back to the present so that he and others could live without the pain and all the bad symptoms. Another thing that I would do is go back and see how my grandmommy died and make sure that I said at least goodbye to her when she was on her way to the hospital. Also I would handle my personal relationships differently if I had a time machine. First and for most if I had a time machine I would tell myself in the past to do things the way she wants to because regardless of whether she does the right thing or wrong people will always critize the action. So if I had the chance of making my own “Back to the future/Past” thing those are some of things I would do.
If i had a Time Machine i would go back to the time Jesus Christ was on Earth.. wow the son of god see him in the flesh and tell the entire world that he is real.. that i saw him, even if they doubted me i can let them borrow that time machine so they can see Jesus Christ for themelves.. thats hes real and hes the son of god, we would witness evrything he went thru for us how he died in the cross how he healed people all over, evrything he did, wow that would be amazing.. experience.. i would tell evryone evrything and save the World from Hell
If I had a time machine I would go back to 1985 when I had my third child. I was 23, young and energetic. My three little girls were the most perfect children any mother could want. I cherished everyday with them. After years of growing and learning life’s lessons together, my girls are all grown with children of their own, facing the difficult decisions in life the best they can. I’m very proud of them and adore my grandchildren but there are so many things I’d love to do over again. I miss having my little girls with me everyday, watching them learn and play. We had such fun together.
What I would like to do is take people back in time. Or forward. So interesting; I would really like to be responsible to get people to there destination. Schedule the pick ups and be their for them to return home.
I feel I would get all the lessons I’m getting now, reading every blog, I would drop off & pick up all who would allow me to.
What I would like to do is take people back in time. Or forward. So interesting; I would really like to be responsible to get people to there destination. Schedule the pick ups and be their for them to return home.
I feel I would get all the lessons I’m getting now, reading every blog, I would drop off & pick up all who would allow me to.
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If I had a time machine I’m not sure what I would do. Would going back in time excite me, scare me, confuse me? What about the people I would encounter? Would I change some small thing that would ulter my life as it is now? I don’t think I would be able to chance it. I love my life and all the paths I have crossed, all the mistakes I have made and the roads I have travelled. I would like to see what the future holds, however what is some major event happens, that I am just not ready to see.
If I had a time machine, I think I would keep it somewhere safe until I had lived out my days that are left for me, and when I felt the time was right, I would travel with my husband to a minute into the future on a tropical island to spend our days. I would live my life as it was destined to be, I would add a little sizzle to the end.
If i had a time machine, I would go back in time to beat the crap out of the maniac who invented “weapon of mass destruction” & stop all that started “WAR” which is now making this lovely planet suffer from global warming.
i would probably go back to see my dad & mum in the process of making me lmaoo
If i had a time machine i wouldn’t just visit one period in time I would visit them all one after the other so i could learn the truth about how the earth became how it is today. Either that or be like Dr Who lol
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I would definitely go back to the 80′s for the music alone! Seriously though, I really do love eighties music. Plus the eighties was during my childhood and OH! If only I could go back and change a few things I would do it in a heartbeat! Especially having the knowledge I have today and being able to use it to help my childhood self!
Of course I also liked the 50′s because of the 50′s skirts with the poodle and the rocking saddle shoes. It was a time when kids could actually play in the streets without fear of someone coming and snatching them away.
Anywhere I visited though I would only want it to be temporary, I would miss computers and cell phones too much to last that long in any other era
In would travel East of Eden, just to see.
I would to go back to ancient Egypt to see and learn firsthand the secret behind its civilizations and architectures. See the precise truth about its seven wonders; great pyramid of Giza, the great sphinx, temple of Luxor, Cairo, Abu Simbel, Saqqara, temple of Karnak. It’s amazing to me how Egypt have influence the Arab region and the world, being the first world power in human history. In fact much of what is happing in the Arab region right now politically is due to following Egypt footsteps. I’ll also like to find out exactly why the pharaohs were so proud to a point that they think they themselves are gods. Indeed, Egypt has played a key role in transforming the world and its worth taking the clock to its ancient time if possible.
I would go back to 02/17/1994. My daughter Becki was 10 yrs. old and a big time mommies girl. Becki suddenly changed and wanted to grow up fast!! She was know as my rebel daughter. I found out when she was 14 that she had been smoking and hanging out with the wrong crowd for 2 yrs. already!! She was always the one to complain about other people smoking and how bad it was for their health. Never would I ever think she was smoking at such a young age and especially because nobody in our family smoked!! By the age of 15 she was pregnant and little did I know that this was the best thing to happen to her. She kept the baby which we helped herout a lot. She straightend her life out…finished high school and went on to obtain a degree in law enforcement!! I was so proud of her!! She eventually found the love of her life and got married when she was 21. Ten months later she was blessed with a beautiful daughter. Life was great and she and her husband decided to have another child. On May 8, 2007 she gave birth to a healthy baby boy….unfortunately 24 hours after giving birth Becki was diagnoised with Leukemia!! ALL…doctors said that it was very unusal for an adult to get that form of Leukemia and one of the biggest things that causes adults to get this is smoking!! After many rounds of chemo., a bone marrow transplant and stem cell treatment the Leukemia would not leave her and she passed away 08/18/2009 after a very hard fight!! If only I would of known that she was smoking at such a young age, which I fought constantly about with her…maybe I could of prevented her to start smoking…..maybe she would be with us today!! Only God knows…..but a Mother’s heart aches forever!! RIP my beautiful Becki!!
If I had a time machine I would go back to the 1960s so that I could participate in the Civil Rights Movement. I would march with several thousand of the most courageous people in history. I think it would be a life-changing experience and I would learn to be appreciative for all that those souls fought for. This may sound like a cheesy- or unbelievable- answer, but it’s the truth. I don’t care if I’d be sprayed with water hoses or mangled by attack dogs. I want to travel back to a time where people believed in something real (and worked towards it). That is all.
If I had a time machine I would travel to the original capital of fashion to let them know that I don’t care if we live to see 3011 plaids and stripes and checker board will never match, and that they should take all the polyester and burn it in one pile of garbage.
When I was growing up my mother and I had a very adversarial relationship. After I left home, I continually forgot her birthday. After some years she started to call me so I could wish her a Happy Birthday. She passed to cancer 20 years ago and there isn’t a November that goes by that I don’t think of her. Most of the time it is on her birthday. Ironic, huh? I regret those days that I took her for granted and did nothing to honor her and the things she did for me. She paid for me to go to Nursing School and the only thing I can do is be the best that I can be. Everywhere I go to work I try to raise the bar for the nurses that are already there. It is the least I can do in memory of her.
If I had a time machine I would travel back in time when there was kings and queens and your source of transportation was by boat, horse or foot. I would be the leader of a small country and my land would have a mountain skyline and fields of trees and wild flowers. The people would like me and the kids would love me more. I would encourage ideas and invent cool things like the light bulb or the first steam engine. I would wear pretty gowns for dinner and wear pants during the day because riding in a skirt seems too difficult. I would plant a farm that will feed 10 villages, 3 more than the ones I rule. It would be nice to go back and live simple without an annoying ringtone to get you up in the morning.
The best thing about being a “MOM”, I became a mom of 2 daughters (1-12 yrs younger than me, and 1-16 yrs younger) on the day I married their father. Three weeks later I became a grandma. I could not have children of my own. I have helped raise 5 younger sisters and a brother. But becoming a mom and grandma was great. There is a saying “If I had known how much fun being a grandma would be, I would of had grandchildren first”. I became both. I get along with my “kids” and their mother very good. We are one family, at holidays, birthdays, cook outs, etc., we all get together as a FAMILY. It is very important that the girls and the grandchildren do not have to choose between us. They have all stood by me and with me after my husband got sick and passed away from cancer. My “daughters” think it’s great to have 2 MOMs, and that is how they introduce us to everyone. If they have a problem, they know they can talk to one or both of us for help.
If I had a time machine, I would go back to 1870. The old west. I could work along side my husband, as we did before he passed. But we went to rodeos, old fashion days. We bought clothes that look like the 1800′s, picthed a tent and cooked over a fire. The GOOD OLD DAYS, before computers, cell phones (that no-one can put down), microwaves, etc. When people talked to each other face- to-face, and a hand shake ment your word. People weren’t to busy to get together, they couldn’t wait to see others. You got married BEFORE you sleep with a man or had his children. Fathers took care of the family and taught the children right from wrong along with the mother and other family members. You weren’t to busy for Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, and Friends.
If I had a time machine I would go back to my child hood and try to fix some things that I did . For example I would retry the relationship that I have with my father and see if we could be more to eachother than what we have become and I would try to fix him up with someone other than my step mother because she is an evil person . I would also go back and maybe try to do better in school and there are so many things I just wish could have been a little different . I don’t regret the choices Ihave made but I do think they could have been made a bit differently who knows ? I love my life and my family but it sure would be interesting .
The best thing about being a good mother is the considrable responsibility it demands. So, what is a good mother? She must be a friend, a teacher, a nurse, a counselor, and so much more. She will have more influence over her children than anyone else in their lifetimes. Knowing this, she must be a terrific role model. The maternal instinct inborn in her will make her protect and nurture her children. Besides cooking, cleaning, and caring for them, she’ll teach many values and behavior. Important among these are honesty, truthfulness, faithfulness, forgiveness, sensitivity, and sincerity.
The “CEO of the home” must be frugal, but giving. By being patient and supportive, she will see her children develop and grow in self-esteem, academic achievement, and responsibility. By being flexible, she’ll see their social relationships grow and mature. She’ll model how to control emotions, especially anger. Her listening ear will direct her children’s dreams early in life and watch them become productive adults later in life. Yet, she’s not perfect, so there will be times when she’ll apologize for her mistakes or misunderstandings. Taken together, all these qualities will show that Mom can be a safe haven or refuge when life is stormy for her chidlren.
There’s no rule book on mothering, but motherhood is a lifetime commitment with unlimited and unconditional love. And what mom’s do best is love.
for me a mother is very important because you produce life ,a good mom it a teacher ,a good example ,and the most important it’s a good freind who alwas going to be by your side in good or bad…A mom is patient and comprehensive in cause she become your best freind for really understand u and she help you to be better.
Mother? I still have my mother, who will be 93 yrs. old in June 2011. She lives alone and wants it that way – me, too. We would have trouble living together. But, here I am at 72 yrs. old and part of a five-generation family.
All different, but all the same!
My daughter, is a brilliant and wonderful person has a daughter, who is a school teacher and she has a daughter who is 3 yrs. old.
That is a total of 90 years of girls around – from 93 yrs. old to 3 yrs. old. Now I ask you; how can you adjust yourself to interact with all the generations. I think I know how…treat them all alike and situations will always turn out fine.
It is a cool feeling to have all the generations involved with you daily; it is a cool feeling to know that you can contribute to their lives and it is a cool feeling to watch the progressive of each life.
I thank the good Lord daily for this gift. Kay DeMott
If I could go back, it would be turn of the century Southern Ireland. Even though there was a lot of strife and hardship there during that period, it was a romantic life, filled with challenges that we Americans rarely suffer.
The rural living, the rustic homes, the close families, the Irish music, the Irish dancing and the general survival skills that the Irish people had to embrace would give me that sense of solid Irish heritage that I feel as I research my Celtic ancestry.
The Irish seemed to have purpose while suffering from the hardships of inadequate food, unproductive farm lands and strife from those always wanting to “fight for the right…”
They did endure all of this and that is what makes me so proud of them and of the Irish spirit. Kay DeMott
“If I had a time machine…”
If I had a time machine, I am positive that I would not use this machine to travel into the past, that would be redundant to what this machine can be used for. I would use this machine to travel into the future to see what the future might hold in store for my bloodline, and also to see what the future holds in store for mankind.
I would like to be able to use the information that I get from my travels into the future to manipulate the the outcomes of the realities I have already visited. I would like to be able to alter events so that the human race will benefit from the actions I set into motion, based on the information I gathered in my traveling into the future.
I would also like to allow myself a little cheating on the lottery too so that my bloodline would have an easier time coping with the economical downfalls caused by the ignorance of our present-time, self satisfying, government institution, and elected members of staff.