My age makes me think how valuable life is. How bad is something like Parkinson's in relation to not having life at all?

There are no moments you have frozen in amber. It's moving, it's changing, so appreciate what's good about right now and be ready for what's next.

I discovered that I was part of a Parkinson's community with similar experiences and similar questions that I'd been dealing with alone.

In my 50s I'll be dancing at my children's weddings.

I've never gotten up to see something one of my kids wanted to show me and not been rewarded.

I have no argument with those who see in organized religion a template or an imperative to live life according to a prescribed set of beliefs. Just give others the room, within the laws of civil society, to believe or not believe whatever they like.

When life takes away, something of greater value is always given in return.