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| Me and Stuart, I'm in the back right with my hand to my mouth and Stuart is standing straight up in front of me. The year was 1951 in our third grade elementary school class. |
Just got off my weekly Zoom call with my former classmate (from first grade in 1947) and friend Stuart. He lives in Boca Raton, Florida. We've been Zooming weekly on Sunday for about the last four years now. This week he's undergoing surgery for a pacemaker implant. Of course we're both the same age (84) so there is a possibility that he may not survive this surgery.
At our age we often talk about our impending date with the Grim Reaper. We don't know the exact date but one thing we're sure of is that it will happen. We're both comfortable with that knowledge. As I've said many times before in this medium, I'm not afraid of dying just how I get there. I don't want a long, lingering, painful death where I am a burden to anybody. I also don't want a slow death in a warehouse also known as a "facility" for a nursing home. It ain't happening with us folks. And now that Delaware has a right to die law, if I get a termination date of my death say due to the return of my prostate cancer, I'm choosing the date I make my departure from this earthly existence. Both of us are very comfortable with our decisions.
In the meantime, we mean to live each day to its fullest. No more taking anything for granted.
4 comments:
You are Correct, No One should take any day for granted... at this period in the lives of All
Tommy,
Especially now in Trump's America where the rule of law doesn't see to apply.
I learned this at thirty years old with the news I was 'positive'.
You are amazing Spo. And you may just outlive us all. But I promise you, if I check out before you do I'm going to keep Henrik company at Casa de Spo.
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