On April 17 1891, my grandmother, Ivy Schmidt was born. She would have been 116 tomorrow. She died three months short of her 100th birthday in January 1991, a Bradmanesque age of 99.something (a little less than the famous 99.94)
On this site, we focus somewhat on generational differences. We are about living in the age of boomers, Gen-X, Gen-Y. Is there anyone born in the 19 century who:
- is still living?
- has access to the Internet?
- is blogging?
Is there anyone giving an internet voice to a living centenarian? For some, and maybe for many, if it doesn't have a an online identity, it's not real. Or at least, it's not considered. How I hope that thoughts and opinions of those generations of our recent past, even if they have no marketing-speke moniker, are being caught. Otherwise we only have, well, insecure memory.
GrandMa died about the time that the Internet was being conceived... However in her time...
GrandMa produced four children who all grew up and had families... seventeen grandchildren (including several baby boomers) who produced dozens and dozens of Gen-Xers and Gen Ys and... well...
Happy birthday GrandMa! It should be a holiday. How things have changed.
