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[LilacTree]

On 10/18/2014 qualitygal said:

On 9/9/2014 hckynut said:

I still go by the saying I found when I was 19 years old, and my mother used to hate to hear me say:

"Man was born to live, not to prepare for life"

and John, may I add, "it's the journey, not the destination".

ITA with that, as I have no "destination."

[LilacTree]

On 10/18/2014 kingtut said:

At my age in the low 80s I realize that there is a very good chance I will never see any of my family again -- never married so have no kids -- my brother lives about 200 miles away and does not like to travel this far and I no longer drive. I do have a niece who also lives near my brother, but they have their own lives -- although I think she loves me more than he does.

Another worry is that I will die and leave my beloved cats alone -- they too are elderly and I have had them since kittens. I probably will never be able to get another pet -- would love a dog but too hard to take care of and it would live longer than me.

Dont really want to live to 100 -- its lonely being alone.

That is really sad. I have family . . . and I'm so grateful for that. However, I would never want to live to 100 either, too painful in so many ways. I don't want to see my children grow old like me . . . I want them to grow old . . . I just don't want to see it.

My heart goes out to you (((kingtut))).