We celebrated my mother's 102nd birthday last week. My sister baked a carrot cake, Mom's favorite. Mom is getting rather frail now and she will probably have to go into a nursing home in a few months. She can no longer play Mahjong due to failing eyesight. She has lived a long prosperous life, having outlived all the friends and relatives she grew up with.
"The world is my country; all of humanity are my brethren; and to do good deeds is my religion." (Thomas Paine)