What is there to say.. there is alot of mortality type stories going on in our lives right now isn't there? Are we ok, are our parents ok? Did we ever think (graduating from Bay High 1990's) that we would ever be where we are? What does that mean... I don't think we are "old" like alot of some female cohorts seem to think. No, I don't think 36 or around that age is "old" so get over yourselves. However, it is an age of some first reflection. Some of us still have the wonderful gift of great grandparents around. Some of us are just happy to have parents. It's an in-between stage. Full of hope for the future for ourselves but also slowly filled with the realization that our family life is changing.

People have health problems, people need our help in general.
It's ok, take charge, be that person. And don't wait for someone else in the family to visit the lonely or to do something that needs to be done. Don't be that person! Anyone can make excuses for why they don't visit enough, etc and there are some good real reasons, but there is always something we, as a younger generation, can do.
Find it. Find that something you can do for an elderly family member, even if from mail or a phone call. Life is short. It's good, but it's short :)