@georgescraftjr: Thank you for your offering. I especially liked this: "I convinced him to go on a "date"--to make funeral arrangements. I told him that our culture attaches a stigma to death; but we can reject that notion and choose to view death as a part of life's journey. I told him that we have been fortunate to travel that path together, and that the next phase will be a continuation of that." So timely, for me and my husband. We are in our mid-80s--so the years left are so much fewer, even apart from our medical issues. Thank you again, such a kind post.