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Will we be replaced?

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I remember the opportunity, we as a family received to care, when my mother was living with Alzheimer’s.     You can read more details of that season in this blog.     https://santhoshsramblings.blogspot.com/2014/06/hands.html   Reflecting about that season, some things stand out.  A sense of gratitude - The opportunity that we got to care for our mother, was something we would never trade for anything else. It was a privilege that we as a family received to care for the person who spent her whole life caring for us and many others like us.  Many lessons learnt - of which one was - We are frail, dependant human beings who need to be cared for at different stages of our life. One day we might be the care provider, tomorrow we will need to receive care with grace!    John Wyatt says in one of his videos, “dependence is not an alien or subhuman or undignified condition. No, it's part of the narrative of every human life. We all come into this world utterly and totally dependent on the