@Veronica said
""suddenly mortal"
what does that mean?
when we are now here, fully present"
That's right, moreover being a mother it's your duty anyway. I couldn't be so brave to grow an offspring. The risk of growing myself is quite enough to me. I've witnessed both wonders and failures, both triumphs of the will and miserable wastes of human potential. Life remains a mystery to me and death even a greater mystery. I know nothing after all.