Man, this one makes you really think! As someone whose dad had him at 40, I did not get to know my dad's parents all that well since they had both passed away by the time I was 10. My dad had an Uncle though who was never married with no kids and he moved next door to use. When he got older he had to move to assisted living and it was close by so all the times I would drive over and spend with him in my late teens and early 20s are now much more meaningful than back then.
The other one would have to be educating people about my health and my medical community. I am in this odd position of being part of a medical community where I am the oddball because I am so high functioning when realistically I shouldn't be. The position is a double edge sword as coworkers of mine and new friends I make tend to struggle to grasp the rapid changes in my health but a ton have learned and from that, I feel like it helps others who are suffering from the stuff I have to feel a little more comfortable and even represented in the public sphere more.
this territory is moderated