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[quote=Anonymous]I spent many hours volunteering at a nursing home.  Most of the residents were women and most had children.

Some had regular visitors and others none at all, including the ones with family members.

There was one woman who stood out for me and I spent lots of time talking to her.  She was 108 years old and completely blind but otherwise fine.  She did not have children.  She loved to talk about the "old days" and what life was like when she was a child.  She had a great sense of humor and seemed to have adjusted to her life in the home.

People think they will just commit suicide but it's not always that cut and dry.  Maybe your vision starts to go a little bit, or your mobility, or your mind.  You wait for tests and hope for good results.  Before you know it you are weak and frail, but still have hope.

Or maybe it comes on quickly.  You are perfectly fine and then WHAM - a stroke hits you. Then you wake up in a hospital and cannot move an entire side of your body.  But you hope that you can get better with physical therapy.  Maybe you will, maybe you won't.

Here's what I know: We are together in our journey of life, and yet we are also alone.  Many of us will die alone and must come to peace with that.  [/quote]

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