“The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been.” — Madeleine L’Engle, author

We don’t stop being who we are just because we are old, even if we suffer from dementia or debilitating pain.  It’s just a new stage of who we are now.  It’s wrong to think that a person’s life is over just because they don’t remember other parts of it — even if they have indeed “lost” the other ages they have been.  We are no less precious to God when our pot is cracked and crumbling.

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