What struck me, as I saw the birth dates in my list, were several folks who were born just as World War 2 started, in 1939. Here they were, voting in a democratic election in 2025, and they had still seen, as children, the world war. Others were born in the turmoil after the war, in 1945, 1946. What was that like for their parents? Some had birth places far away, such as in Iran. Some had their toddlers in tow, a generation born after 2020. Some looked their age, worn; some not at all.
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