Elise Matthesen

Both my difficult father and his brother died in the spring of this year, well past age 80. What I'm gleaning from the post and comments is that things are no harder or easier when the bereft adult child is a particular age; that's helpful in its way, in terms of self-allowance with how I try learning to process things. (I'm a bit older than mrissa, I think.) Strength and patience to us all.