I’m witnessing the latter part of my parent’s lives pretty closely and I can’t help but think that it is going to end pretty badly with the way things are going—at least in this lifetime. Admittedly, I pray for a fatal heart attack when it’s their time. For now, I simply adore these two vulnerable, sweet people who brought me here. I treasure the smiles when they happen, and the warmth that is always there under the chill of the reality of what is coming. The countdown is on—to celebrate their 60th year of marriage on February 19, 2014—60 years here and millions of years in their own personal elsewhere.