This Sunday I spent some time taking some senior folk at the Jewish Women’s Guild through the ‘Mind the Gap’ talk I do (in collaboration with TomorrowToday.biz). We had such fun playing with the concepts and ‘Understanding why we don’t Understand’.

I left that session feeling so sad, though.  After my talk, so many of the older folk came to chat to me with tears in their eyes - stories of families overseas, grandchildren that never visit, conversations that never took place. 

How sad that the global economy has had such a devastating fragmenting effect on the family institution! Here were so many folk with really valuable wisdom and life experiences, completely isolated from the people who could benefit from their conversation and insight. 

When I think of the lifetime that the silent Generation have lived, and the wisdom many will have gained from that journey, I feel sad that their voices have become so silent, long before they breathe their last breath.