My uncle died yesterday. Aged 63. Too young. After a brave battle with cancer. He spent much of his life abroad and consequently his children- my cousins are too far away – we feel very frustrated that we cannot be with them at this time to give them all a huge hug.

My poor mother has lost her younger brother and now has the unenviable task of having to tell her mother (my 95 year old grandmother) that her youngest child has died. How terrible to have to tell a mother about the death of her child, no matter what age they are. She was very close to him and although they lived far apart she talked both to him and about him often.

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  • Janelle
    January 6, 2009

    oh lulu. oh how sad. always is. always. . . xxxxxx j

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  • Bush Mummy
    January 6, 2009

    So sorry for your loss.. and just at the start of a new year. Tragic.

    My stepsister lost her best friend on New Year’s eve to breast cancer. She was 43 and had two young children.

    I just don’t get it some times..

    BM x

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  • GoneBackSouth
    January 6, 2009

    So sad. Sorry to hear about that. Too young. My mother-in-law too died of pancreatic cancer at 62. x

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  • Fat, frumpy and fifty...
    January 6, 2009

    SO sad to hear a child dying before the parents…a sad time…..so sorry to hear…

    FFF xx

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  • ExAfrica
    January 6, 2009

    So sorry to hear that. Hope his children were with him when he went?

    Something’s in the air – spent New Year’s Eve in the ICU to be with my stepfather. At least now I am relatively nearby – no longer a 22 hour flight away. My good friend spent the night before caring for her mother with a hip replacement and medication not yet adjusted properly.

    I guess we’ve reached “that stage” where we will, sooner or later, be called upon to look after our elders.

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  • Janelle
    January 6, 2009

    ps: babes just to let you know i got the web address wrong for guillaume’s site…corrected now on site!! you should take a look. think you might appreciate the work….hope you’re doing ok????? xxx j

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  • Mud in the City
    January 7, 2009

    So sorry to hear about your loss. Things aren’t fair – but it is at times like these that one needs one’s family and friends.

    Thinking of you.
    x

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