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I think's hard to say what future you at want. At 75, the author might feel life is still worth living, even if they didn't have health of earlier years. One ye
by JMTQp8lwXL 7y ago
I think's hard to say what future you at want. At 75, the author might feel life is still worth living, even if they didn't have health of earlier years. One year could make the difference to see your grandchildren's graduation or marriage. Those things matter to people.
- qohen 7y agoAbout living past 75 and play not being so meaningful (per the author) and also about a year potentially making a difference: I just came across this story[0] on Metafilter, about a 75 year old woman, originally from France -- the author's grandmother -- who took up Dungeons & Dragons during the last year of her life (she just died of cancer, which interfered, but didn't fully stop her from playing): [0] https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1165011404086284289.html https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1165011404086284289.html Briefly: it brought her joy and allowed her to explore new vistas and to exercise her creativity. It also brought joy to her grandson -- the DM -- to her fellow players and to everyone reading about it now. P.S. There are people creating fan-art of her gnome character, Terminatur, (which she originally drew a couple of versions of) and posting it to Twitter: https://twitter.com/antnhz https://twitter.com/antnhz And the character may live on in the campaigns of strangers.