Personal Log 3.1.26
This has been a rather challenging few months for me: my elderly parents have been in & out of the hospital with various health issues & it's been hard on me taking care of them as they age. Some decisions have to be made... My friend Nathan, who's a computer junkie & IT-kinda guy, put it well, "Eventually, hardware breaks down, it's inevitable. Software can be upgraded but hardware breaks down." That puts it in perspective. I always wondered about Adam & Eve at the end of their respective lives; the Bible doesn't record how long Eve lived but Adam lived over 900 years. Was he decrepit when he died? Infirmed? Withered? Shriveled? How did his descendants treat him in his final years/months/days? I was very fortunate to grow up with some great-grandparents in my life & had all of my grandparents for 40+ years; some died quickly, others slowly. I've been thinking quite a bit lately about eternity, mortality & just the brevity of life, ...
