I’ve heard it said that if we just hang on for 10 to 15 years more, science will be able to reverse our body’s age to that of a 20-year-old. That’s quite a claim. But what are the implications of living indefinitely? I’ve read many science fiction stories that discuss immortality, always in some distant future. But what if it truly happens in my lifetime? First of all, I need my life partner and soulmate to make it too, otherwise what’s the point? So that’s a given. Now moving on: we have two children. They have to make it. And my friends, too. But, back to the children, it was hard to raise them. Now that we’re helping to raise our three year old granddaughter, my memories of raising my own children are more vivid. Raising children is one of the most difficult things we do in life. We will never love as unconditionally, never be expected to give up as much, and never have someone who loves us “with all of their minds” as a little kid. And the difficulties grow exponentially as kids grow. Our society has long ago given up on “it takes a village,” so parents…
