Your story makes want to sit and listen to classic folk and rock for the next three hours. My favorite song reflecting on our generation is Billy Joel - Piano Man:

There's an old man sittin' next to me

Makin' love to his tonic and gin

He says, "Son can you play me a memory?

I'm not really sure how it goes

But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete

When I wore a younger man's clothes"