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Relationships between the generations

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jennarose:
Speaking for myself as a maiden, I long for connections with my crone elders. I have a suspicion that my elders have a similar longing. I am very curious about ways to create, strengthen, and grow into mutually beneficial relationships between the generations. Does anyone have suggestions, advice, or examples of how to do this? What examples are present in your community?

Blessings,
JennaRose

NicoleManiez:
I definitely feel the same and appreciate whenever I have the opportunity to jump across the bounds of age to learn and share with those older and younger than myself. The relationships that I have built across age have connections through other parts of my life. I ran into a science teacher that I had in fourth grade. He was very eager to share what he was up to, and I enjoyed hearing his stories. We would invite each other out to lunch. I learned about his commune days, his bread making skills and his photography. I've also meet folks at work. We would strike up an interesting conversation and then go out for tea to continue it on another day. The big piece here is taking the risk to ask the other person, no matter what age, if they'd like to get together.
At thanksgiving this past year, I had some great talks with my aunt's sister, Sally, whom I hadn't seen since I was about 12. We both lived about 8 hours from my aunts house. Sally asked if we would like to come and visit her about an hour from our home in Boston. We just visited them yesterday. It was great.

My daughter is now ten and creating an activity where I get to hang with her pals is also a good excuse to get some interaction. About 2 weeks a group of her friends were at our house and we made a collaborative design of a stuffed animal. Then we each cut out the fabric pieces and sewed them together for the girls. Fun. I hope more of this will come as they grow older.

If you want to spend time with people, find a common interest and ask them to spend time. I bet most times, the people will say yes and be really happy that you asked.

julia:
Its been very sweet for me to get the chance to connect with the many ages which are present in my community-recently I participated in a class called "The Art of Intimacy" where about ten of us from age 22 to 65 sat in a circle and discussed strategies and longings we each felt for more connection in our lives. I would have been blessed to have the chance to take this class no matter the age of the participants, but I'm especially grateful it attracted such diversity. We discussed ways to make more connections with ourselves, our friends and family as well as each other. Many beautiful connections were met in classtime as well as outside~ I'd invite someone from class to go for a walk or share a cup of tea or dinner one week and it'd naturally lead to us both feeling more connected the rest of the time.
Very inspiring...
I'm also curious to hear others stories on connection between the generations, especially among women. I don't have my biological grandmothers alive anymore, so I crave time with the grandmothers around me.

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