Or become disabled, or even deal with any sort of long-term complications for 70+ years like my mom, or deal with the psychological consequences. The empty desks every first day of school still haunt my mom. Every kid knew that if they got the sniffles it could be Death knocking on their door.

Yep. And I'm a little over half a century old.

Teaching, practicing, and learning karate does it for me.

Trying to do just that. It's not easy.