Gloria P wrote:
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>> jmcquown wrote:
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>> My parents died. Today would have been my mother's 83rd birthday.
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> Jill:
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> Many of us have lost our parents. My mother, father, and father-in-law
> died when I was 28, in a less than 6 month period between mid October
> and the following March. All were in their 60s.

And presumably if you were 28, your parents were also young. Very sad as
it is so early in life. BTDT.
I think most people who have parents who have reached their 80's are
realistic enough to know that their parents aren't immortal and that
they'll get "that call" eventually.