Death and Illness: Dealing With Parents, Dukkha and Old Age

I’m back in California, spending Thanksgiving week with my parents. Because of COVID, I haven’t seen much of them over the last year and a half, which as you can imagine has been difficult. My parents are getting older for one. My father is 82, has Parkinson’s Disease, and is terribly frail now. My mother is younger, and in much better health, but the age is catching up to her as well.