By staying healthy, parents give a gift of great value by Karin Winegar. “Our parents have given us a gift: not our health, but their health. I have come to recognize this as one of the greatest and rarest bequests, something to be deeply thankful for.”
It’s a different perspective that I’ve not considered: a fit old age as a gift to my children and grandchildren, rather than just something for myself. Even past the age of 114? Sure, why not?
Nov. 23 update
An opposing viewpoint: Of luck and compassion