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TeeYiYi

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11. That's where I'm at...

Reply to peacebird (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 3, 2016, 10:54 PM

Mar 2016

When I was little, I remember watching my grandmother go to funeral after funeral in the cemetery next to the elementary school. I'd be playing at recess and my grandmother would again be standing in the cemetery, dressed in black with her black umbrella. She was only 53 back then. She ended up watching every friend, neighbor and sibling go before her. She finally left when she was 93. Now, I'm older than my grandmother was, and it's already started...

I'm sorry for the loss of your friend's brother.

TYY

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Just got a call from my best friend of the past 34 years. Her brother dropped dead this morning [View all] peacebird Mar 2016 OP

My sympathy to you and your friend and family. May livetohike Mar 2016 #1

Thank you, I guess we are approaching the age my mother warned me about, where too many peacebird Mar 2016 #3

That's where I'm at... TeeYiYi Mar 2016 #11

I remember two years before my mom died, that year I took her to 11 funerals..... peacebird Mar 2016 #12

So sorry to hear it. A friend of mine got the very same news this morning Lorien Mar 2016 #2

Very sobering indeed..... : ( peacebird Mar 2016 #4

Ain't that the truth. n/t easttexaslefty Mar 2016 #5

My family/friends started dying around me when I was 35, first was my Mother. Raster Mar 2016 #6

So true. SheilaT Mar 2016 #7

We are but a moment's sunlight, Wilms Mar 2016 #8

Sorry to hear it. Downwinder Mar 2016 #9

My dad managed the perfect balance. He became ill, and died 3 weeks later. peacebird Mar 2016 #10

I'm so sorry for your friend's loss. mnhtnbb Mar 2016 #13

Sorry and I send my thoughts and prayers. imanamerican63 Mar 2016 #14