A Century of Generations

Erik Boemanns
2 min readApr 22, 2024
An older man (grandfather), walking down a dirt road with his grandchild. Green plants are visible along the side of the path.
Generations. (Source Pexels)

It’s no accident a century (100 years) is so significant in measuring human existence. It’s about the length of time we can individually grasp before it becomes too abstract and distant. One hundred years is about the length of our families’ memories — from grandparents to grandchildren. As we age into adulthood, the stories of our grandparents’ childhoods start to tip on the “a century ago” mark. We rarely hear of what our grandparents’…

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