Generational Bridge Builder Gifts

'I speak six languages fluently but I don't understand my teenager daughter.'

I can't figure out how to work this new "fire" think, but it's second nature to kids who grow up with it.

"I think the most rewarding part of caring for elderly parents is when they call you because they don't want to bother the 9-1-1 people."

"Just what exactly is your generation going to do about my generation's social security?"

Ma Rogers

"Lately my joints are stiff." "You're rollin' 'em too tight. Try vaping."

Baby Boomers

'Baseball is boring, apple pie makes me fat and I'm not getting along with my mother.'

"Way before Facebook, my generation had places to gather and talk too much, opinionated wildly, and generally make fools of ourselves. We called them bars."

"I'd love to come to work on time, but I don't want to be Boomer shamed."

"I thought a tattoo would help me connect with the younger staff."

What We Thought Were Canals Are Deep Prejudices and Inequities.

Indigenous knowledge vs. climate projections and weather forecasts.

"These are my fish cymbalta, otezla, skyrizi, vraylar and stelara!"

Pre-Old Blues

We have a dream....

"So tell me again about the disastrous effects the Biden infrastructure plan will have on the deficit that you're suddenly so concerned about. . ."

'You may disagree with me now, Son, but when you're 500 years old, you'll understand.'

Diplomacy Between Cuba and US

'...need to design something to bridge the generation gap.'

Planning for flooding - 'Well, we'll cross that bridge when come to it.'

"My grandson said I was "woke" but I'm 90% certain I didn't even nod off"

"So this is what you do all day on your cell phone? Punching in letters...one by one...sending dirty messages to your friends?"

Cat holds sign that says 'come over here', dog holds a sign that says 'how?'

'Let's meet halfway.'

'It's time they built a bridge for the lemmings' school run.'

Millennials in the Year 2050...

Obama visits Cuba

No New Deal!

"Don't tell grandmom about your computer's virus. She'll just tell you to download chicken soup."

'Wh-h-hatz-u-upp, dude?'

Graduation. It's the start of graduation season. Many students today have double majors. He studied law and literature because he liked the idea of "poetic justice." She earned degrees in structural engineering and international relations --- She'll literally and figuratively build bridges! With Botany and Psychology degrees, he'll be a therapist turning over a new leaf. And here comes a young woman who studied math and theology. She's a grateful person who always counts her blessings!

'I'm not sure that a more ethnically aware Pope is the right way to go.'

'Of course you did better when you went to school. That was before the information age.'

Self-sacrifice to aid others