Helping grandma with technology

I am back home in Rhode Island for the holidays and about halfway through my trip my grandmother came down from New Hampshire to visit.
She was born over eight decades ago, so she’s seen a lot in her lifetime, and I was reminded she’s seen a lot of technological advances.
When my sister and I, along with my cousins, were in college, she would send us $10 or $20 every so often.
Back then, the way to do it was by sending a card in the mail. I always enjoyed getting those cards.
But my grandma decided, after hearing all about it, that she was going to create her own Venmo account.
After troubleshooting a couple of issues, we were able to get it set up.
She was excited, immediately sending our Christmas gifts via Venmo.
It gave me a column idea that was for sure. We had a long car ride back to New Hampshire to drop her off, so figured it would be a good time to write a column.
Nonetheless, we got in the car and my wife turned her GPS on to get us to New Hampshire.
My grandma commented on how much technology has advanced, reminding me that as a kid we would go on road trips and would need to have a paper map to help figure out where we were going.
Then we got to her house, where once again, we were faced with helping her with technology.
She had recently gotten a new Bluetooth printer, and my wife and I helped her set it up.
It’s been a great Christmas season and was a great reminder that not every generation has grown up with advanced technology, like my generation (millennials) grew up with.