my Mom, Bernice Duke is about 84 years old. She got married shortly after World War II was over to my Dad who was in the war, when she was 15 years old. I came along a year later so the way I remember how old she is, is by adding 16 to my age. She had 5 kids, 24 grandchildren and 76 great grandchildren going on 100. She fell down a couple days ago and broke her hip and had surgery and they gave her a new  hip “ball”. I guess you could call it half a hip replacement. Over the years she has had cancer, some heart problems, knee replacement surgery,  her husband, my Dad died of liver cancer, all of her 6 siblings have died of cancer. She has had quite a few trials in her life, but everybody does by the time you get to be 84 years old, that is the way life is, full of trials, even for the most fortunate person.  I was talking with some people the other day about heaven, and the question was asked if we will remember this life when we get there. My response was that we will remember it much better than we do now because our minds get old and forgetful in this life, and even when we are young we forget a lot and don’t understand most of what is happening to us. Paul in the New Testament book of 1 Corinthians said in this life we see through a darkened glass but in heaven we will see clearly. Our clear memory in great detail of every thing that has happened to us in this life and a very clear understanding of all the reasons that we have no clue on now is one of the reasons heaven will be so wonderful. Contrast gives value and clarity, and the contrast between this life and heaven will be amazing.