Including my parents,mother-in-law and Aunt and my late husband, I have had to say farewell to 23 people, who mean't so much in my life.? Sometimes, I think about it and say WHY? Why so young? Some of them between 48 years old and 60 years old. And I have just heard another friend has pancreatic cancer.
2007-11-03 21:45:55 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
Yes Golwing the memories live on thank goodness. One expects our parents and grandparents to go, but not your friends, so young.
2007-11-04 12:10:00 · update #1
In the family about ten but if we add extended family (church congregation included) about forty. You can add another twenty five or thirty with the ones I've buried as presiding minister.
2007-11-03 23:39:11 · answer #1 · answered by Chaplain John 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
IF I had to add up the aquaintences, friends, and realtive in that time span, I am afraid I will shock even the most hardedn here. There was a time when I knew a very large number of people, for I owned a nightclub and was on stage emceeing alot...no matter where I went on the East Coast, people would come up and say 'Hi, .." Since the early 80's, including family and friends, that number runs well above 2000! IT has gotten to the point that I no longer really try to make friends. There has been a lot of pain along the way, both with the dying and with my being left behind. Shocking...YES! But .... none hit me harder than the loss of my mother a few years ago, and my business partner just 2 months ago. I suppose I will recover, but memories live on and on. Goldwing
2007-11-04 10:56:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
I just found out today that my best friend has cancer in multiple sites. She is unlikely to survive. Was just planning on retiring next year. Its so sad.
My sister died 13 years ago, aged 50, with 3 teenaged daughters. I still miss her terribly.
I've lost a lot of people in the last 25 years, but each one was special and sadly missed. I know logically that its the cycle of life, we are all only here for a short time - but at this time of life, we will all lose many family and friends and it never gets any easier.
2007-11-04 06:20:03 · answer #3 · answered by Stella 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I lost a son in 1988, one sister in 1995, my mom in 1999, my dad in 2001, one brother in 2003, a cousin in 2004, another cousin in 2006, and a niece in 2007 --- those are the ones whose funeral I was able to attend - there are at least 15 others between that but I just couldn't take all the loss. Like you, many were young - none of old age, as time used to be. It's rather sad but I try to focus on the memories that are happy - the times we spent together...it helps heal their loss.
2007-11-04 04:47:32 · answer #4 · answered by terryoulboub 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I lost my ex sister-in-law who I loved deeply when I was 19 and she was 28, She was murdered by her second husband,
I lost my Dad, age 58, when I was 20, My mother 64, when I was 25, my only sibling-brother, age 41, when I was 30, my nephew-in-law,age 28, when I was 37, my childhood long friend, age 35, when I was 36, my friend, age 42 when I was 46, and this doesn't count all the other people I knew who I attended their funerals over the years. Just the loss of my whole immediate family by the age of 20 was tough to deal with all my life, as they left behind me, alone with two babies to watch over and guide my nephew and niece all my life and help with my nieces children. I don't ask why anymore, nor do I get mad and take it out on myself anymore, I just had to let go...and only by the grace of God have I been able to move on.
2007-11-04 20:29:22 · answer #5 · answered by Meeshmai 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can think of 6 off hand. My father (59), my brother (barely 44), my cousin (55), 2 aunts (84 and 86), grandmother (on my dad;s side, 92) and one uncle (70s). There are only 5 of us now.
I am so sorry for your losses J U S T M E.
2007-11-04 12:46:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My inlaws (1986 and 1991) and my parents (1988 and 2001), an uncle-in-law and that same week, that uncle's son-in-law (1999). My younger brother died in 1981. There were also two very dear friends, one of a drug overdose (we didn't even know she DID drugs), one of lung cancer. My first husband died of lymphatic cancer in 1998. (We had separated in 1960 and finally got around to divorcing in 1973.)
This is such a depressing thing for me to think of. I get teary-eyed when I think of each of these people.
2007-11-04 11:56:50 · answer #7 · answered by felines 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
too many to count dear A
from jan 1 to july 2 of this year alone i have lost 5 and just was told of another today so 6 so far this year. some relatives and some friends. would take me the rest of the day to sit down and figure out how many going that far back. lost 5 to suicide in a span of about 2 years
2007-11-04 11:05:25 · answer #8 · answered by bassetfreak 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dad in 1983, Husband in 1984, and Mother in 1987. Most of my aunts and uncles, both sets of grandparents, and numerous friends. I hadn't really thought about the number of people, but it is alot!!
2007-11-04 10:55:09 · answer #9 · answered by Harley Lady 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
my mum died very suddenly last year she was only 58.
my grandad died in 1987 from cancer at 59.
a very dear friend of mine has advanced ovarian cancer she is only 44 with 4 young boys.
iits the good one that die young thats for sure.
last time i saw my gran she was 81 and still fighting with life after a lifetime of being a nasty evil person.
2007-11-04 04:58:09 · answer #10 · answered by mummy of 5 girls <3 <3 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only 10 people for me as well one of which was only 16 years old. He died in a car accident on christmas night in 2006.
2007-11-04 04:52:13 · answer #11 · answered by rednine 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋