Obituaries

I used to read the obituaries to see if I recognized any of my former patients.  Then I started to see if there was anyone I went to school with.  Now I'm reading obituaries of people that are the same age or younger than my children.  Having reached "3 score and ten" plus, I understand that I'm living on borrowed time and should treat every day as a gift.  I try, but don't always make it.