Prayers to you, Seattle Conservative.
It’s definitely unsettling to say the least to lose so many relatives. I’m 56 years old and basically the oldest surviving member of my family. My closest relatives now are my nephew who will turn 40 just after Christmas and my niece who will turn 41 just after Thanksgiving. My only sibling, my older brother and their father died in 2007 at age 63.
My sister-in-law passed just a month after her 59th birthday.
I lost my father at age 85 in 2000 and my mother in 2012 just three weeks after her 88th birthday. Her older sister, my Aunt Dorothy passed in 2013, only nine months after my mom and my Aunt missed marking her 100th birthday by a mere 17 days. My Aunt was a World War II Navy Nurse.
I also have a third cousin, who is a year and a half younger than I, and his wife (another cousin) who have been a source of great support the last two years.
Again, it is strange how birthdays and passings occur so close together.
My thoughts are with you!!!
Thank you Edie. Wow, to be only 56 and the oldest surviving member of your family is really something and somewhat unfortunate for you (I always enjoyed hearing stories from older family members). You’ve had a lot of relatives who passed rather closely together, just like we have. And, you’re right, it is strange how closely their birthdays and passing are so close together. That reminded me of a great uncle that passed just days shy of his 100th birthday.
When my mom passed expectantly in 2001, outside of support of family and friends, the main thing that got me through it was to keep thinking and saying, it’s not in my hands, God had a plan for her like he does for everyone and this was his plan.