until it got diagnosed. I think he was gone by 55. Even more tragic, his wife got cancer and was died toward the end while he was still in a home. Those poor kids. I think the youngest was around 20 years old at the time her mom and dad died. Tragic.

Scares the crap out of me, but it motivates me to make sure I can cover all expenses and my kids don't have to deal with something like taking care of me in their own home or the stress of watching me die in some dump (I won't care, I won't have a memory of it but I know it would suck for them).