Sad news 💔

Late the night before yesterday, my mom called me, which NEVER happens. Unfortunately, my uncle, my dad's youngest brother, had passed away. Even though my uncle has been frail his whole life, including having his first stroke more than 20 years ago, it feels unreal. My dad is the only one still alive from his "original family".

My granddad passed away thirty-four years ago, while my grandmom and my dad's oldest brother passed away at the end of 2020, just a month apart. Both of my dad's brothers turned almost exactly the same age.

Just an hour before my mom's phone call, I had come down with the flu, so unfortunately I couldn't go to my uncle's nursing home yesterday and say farewell since I didn't want to risk infecting the other residents. My mom, who is the youngest of her siblings of three, has both of her siblings still alive, a sister and a brother.

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