On Monday, October 8, 2018 at 2:20:58 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> On Monday, October 8, 2018 at 7:22:15 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >
> > Why would you wish that on your mother? My father-in-law outlived
> > two of his sons, and it nearly broke his heart.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
>
> My wife's aunts have kids that die off with alarming frequency - husbands too. I don't know how they can carry on - but they do. They are from Montana. That's where the men are tough and the women are tougher.

My father-in-law was plenty tough. He soldiered on, but I know it
affected him deeply. It was the first time I ever heard him talk
about his feelings.

Cindy Hamilton