06-05-2014, 03:14 AM
same as Sam3 - when Mom died unexpectedly just shy of turning 56. Been over 20 years now, but I can still remember that night when I got the news, right down to the look on my friend's face (who I was meeting that night, and who my sister had called shortly before I arrived). It was such an odd look, I came very close to saying "what's wrong - did somebody die or something?" That would have been awkward if I had, I suppose...