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[quote=Anonymous]I was 24 when my father died at age 64. He had lived in a nursing home since I was 11, though, as he suffered from a debilitating and chronic illness. My mother is 72 and still living independently. I'm 47. When I was younger I worried a great deal about getting the sort of chronic, life-shortening, quality-of-life-destroying illness that my father had. As I've gotten older, I've seen a few peers die (accidents, unknown heart problems, cancer) and also had many friends' parents die or get sick. It all drives home the idea that, while you have to plan for a future, you need to live in the present. Your life isn't something that you are preparing for; this is it, now. I got married and had kids late -- married at 39, kids at 41 and 44 --- and it saddens me to think that I probably won't be around long into their adult lives, assuming I make it that far. [/quote]
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