Generations.
I was just thinking, boringly, how strange it is that my husband's father was born in exactly the same year as my own GRANDFATHER. So over that century his family had two and a bit generations, while mine had three and a bit .... But - my entire family apart from my father and his mother all died exceptionally young. And my husband's family all lived to be exceptionally old and in fact outlived all of my family.

I feel this may have some significance but I don't know what it is.... Except that one should never take anything for granted. As when I was a child I used to lie in bed at night thinking 'I am so glad that my family were all so young when I was born because that means they won't die until I am ancient and won't mind'.
- posted by Iris @ 5/14/2004 09:39:00 AM comment