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I turned 68 today. Not old, in my opinion, but I have lost friends younger than myself, and my Dad died at 71. It makes me even more sad now, than it did in 2010 when he died because he had so much more he wanted to do, which was heartbreaking, and now that I am close to the year he died and think about how much I still want to do, I grieve his life even more than I did then which doesn’t seen possible.
I feel you on this. I remember when my mother realized her life would be cut short, she said “Now I’ll miss everything!” and she was right. That is why I live every moment fully. In her memory and honor.