Beautifully written. I think, approaching 60, that I’ve been in denial about getting “old.” But the early pains of arthritis in my hands, the wobbling of my immune system that always worked okay but never really well, and of course the gradual fading eyesight in need of ever more aggressive correction, they all conspire to force me to see a little more clearly that I have more life behind me than ahead. Having left a toxic faith some years ago, I don’t know that I believe anything particular comes after. I’m okay if there isn’t, but I hope there is, and I take the little signs like robins as encouragement to keep hoping.
Of course, here is also hoping you and all of us still have a long wait to find out!
Beautifully written. I think, approaching 60, that I’ve been in denial about getting “old.” But the early pains of arthritis in my hands, the wobbling of my immune system that always worked okay but never really well, and of course the gradual fading eyesight in need of ever more aggressive correction, they all conspire to force me to see a little more clearly that I have more life behind me than ahead. Having left a toxic faith some years ago, I don’t know that I believe anything particular comes after. I’m okay if there isn’t, but I hope there is, and I take the little signs like robins as encouragement to keep hoping.
Of course, here is also hoping you and all of us still have a long wait to find out!
Thank you Anthony. Lovely feedback. As Billy Connolly once said: old age is not for the faint-hearted!
Beautifully written as always Ian.
Id read a shopping list compiled by you!
An inspiration to me in how to deal with an awful situation as i follow along behind you.
Many thanks Bill. We press on.