Aging....

You're right about the caregiving aspects of marriage in old-age. I think that is an important part of it. Just as essential, though, to me at least, is the feeling that I will be with someone for so many years who knows me so well, and whom I know in the same way. I think of the history, the sense of a past together, and the feeling of having someone who you see every day who you've known for a quarter of a century.

Did you hear on NPR today that Danny died the afternoon they broadcast that story last week? Amazing. They received a lot of letters from people expressing their appreciation for sharing their story, and Annie is apparently going to read some of them at the funeral.