Something to think about.

Life has so many trade-offs. Take the fate of my father, for instance. He died young. Age 38. Of suicide. But it could just as well have been cancer, a heart attack, a stroke, a traffic accident. So many ways to die before one’s time, so to speak. But what if dad had lived into his 80s or 90s? And died after a 15-year struggle with Alzheimer’s?  Would that have been a price worth paying for a longer life? Many Alzheimer caregivers don’t think so. They abhor watching their parent die of demeaning dementia. They sometimes forget about the extra years of presence they got. From their dear father or mother. By reaching old age. And not dying young.  I encourage them to think about it. –Jim Broede