Cancer seems to be claiming lots of folks lately

. BD, I haven't gotten to that point yet, but right now it's still a bit in a surreal mode since I haven't gone home yet (leaving Friday)...I mean, there's pictures around my flat and our wedding photos and stuff and right now it's still a little unreal that she won't be there with my dad at the airport on Friday, IYKWIM. I just went through a tagged all these old photos my sister put up on Facebook of my mom and even that didn't make me /sad/ so much as it was all just strange.
My sister says it sounds like my dad isn't coping overly well (they were married for 36 yrs) so I really can't wait to get there on Friday - she wasn't sure since it's impossible to tell over there phone. I worry that he's not but honestly not like I can intervene with how a grown man copes with his grief?
BD...losing a child must be similar to losing a parent. Your daughter was my sister's age and that's just so hard to fathom. Even though I know it's true, it's when people make remarks about my mom "being in a better place" that actually make me the most emotional...
(sorry, didn't mean to make this so self-centered)