My wife, who was from Japan, turned 80 this past November while in a Nursing Home. I myself am 77.
She passed away on December 13 after nearly 54 years of marriage. She was wonderful and I miss her terribly.
Without the Grace of God I'd be without hope or happiness.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7PWVJ5KjUk
My time as a Publisher was brief (1957-1959) thankfully, and I was able to get away from The Cult relatively easily. I can see now more clearly than ever that The Cult is stuck in the First Covenant (Works) and has no comprehension at all of the Second Covenant (Grace) which covers all who have ever lived. Somehow, I knew this even back then, so while it was for a short time in the Organization, the Organization was never really in me. I have great empathy for those who were not so fortunate and those who devoted much of their life to the deceptions of The Cult.
This life is a necessary experience with all of its beauty and ugliness, for what is yet to come. As we shall all see, Death is only temporary. We shall live again in The Promise.