Biography: I'm a retired professional photographer living in central Massachusetts. I'm married with three grown up kids and way too many hobbies. Born in 1944, the eldest of 13 children, into a family with a proud history of service to our country. Four generations of Pat Windwards have served in the military.

I don't know whose quote this is but it says it all:
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming -- WOW -- What a ride!!!!