Just sat here this eve and I realised I’m just 6 years younger then my mum when she died, which was young. It’s just really shook me this eve, don’t know why x
So did my Dad. My mother died at 71, the age I am now. My brother died at 60 and both my grandmothers died at 73. If I get to 74 I will have outlived all my close relatives.
its not stupid. In the wee small hours thoughts come about those we loved and lost. I for one have passed both my fathers age and Mr Em, though i often wondered if i would.
i am 6 years older than when dad passed away and three years older than when Mr Em died. I think it's when our parents pass and we become the adult that it truly hits home
Been thinking about this myself lately also.I'm now at 64, the same age my father was when he died. Apart from how weird this seems,I,ve realised that its also the fact that at that age I always thought of him and my mother as "elderly"! When did that happen to me:-(
My mother was 96 when she died of pneumonia. Was in hospital to have a hip replacement which she broke falling from a table she had climbed on to change a light bulb. I've a way to go to beat that but not sure if I'll make it.