Just got a call from my best friend of the past 34 years. Her brother dropped dead this morning

[peacebird]

He was just 60. Totally out of the blue.

Hug your loved ones people, let them know how much they mean to you. None of us are guaranteed another day.

[livetohike]

1. My sympathy to you and your friend and family. May

the good memories help to ease the shock of his sudden loss .

[peacebird]

3. Thank you, I guess we are approaching the age my mother warned me about, where too many

People we love begin to disappear from our lives.....

[TeeYiYi]

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

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

[peacebird]

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

and had two more on my hubby's side....

[Lorien]

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

about her brother. I think he was around the same age. It's very sobering.

[peacebird]

4. Very sobering indeed..... : (

[easttexaslefty]

5. Ain't that the truth. n/t

[Raster]

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

Then many, many dear friends from AIDS in the 80's and 90's.

Life truly is short, and oh-so precious.

LET THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE KNOW THAT YOU LOVE THEM!

[SheilaT]

7. So true.

And of course, the older we all get the more of our agemates are dying around us.

I"m 67, and I don't think I'm all that old, but I'm horrified at how many high school classmates are already gone.

[Wilms]

8. We are but a moment's sunlight,

fading in the grass.

[Downwinder]

9. Sorry to hear it.

I would rather go quickly than to linger.

[peacebird]

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

His children and friends knew it was bad, and were all able to see him while he was ok. Everyone got to laugh, talk about stuff, & hug each other. Then he was gone.

[mnhtnbb]

13. I'm so sorry for your friend's loss.

My husband got a call from the daughter of a friend and colleague on Sunday evening: her father had gone to take a nap in the afternoon
and never woke up.

Sudden death like that is very unnerving. I'm so sorry.

[imanamerican63]

14. Sorry and I send my thoughts and prayers.

My father passed away 14 yrs ago today. Although the pain stays with you, memories help ease the pain.