Are both your parents still alive?

[arminnie]

Originally posted by JVL1018
my Gram(her Mom) lived to be 98, so I always thought my Mom would live into her 90s.

My mother was so much like her father - she was even named after him - which is odd because there were ten children in the family and 3 boys so why they picked her I don't know. My granddad lived to be 93 and I always thought my mother would also.

She also was thin and so energetic and looked 10-15 years younger than her age. She had never had a mammogram and developed breast cancer at 65 and died of it at 75.

My dad on the other hand has always weighed over 250 lbs., uses huge amounts of salt and fat, and never was active. I just knew that he would go first but he is still in excellent shape at 83.

 

[Tiggerlover91]

Nopers... mom died in dec of '93 and dad died in sept of '00. I'm okay with that though as I know they are both in a better place resting peacefully! Lost my sister in '94. That was a HARD year for me.

 

[~*Belle 2003*~]

 

[pjlla]

I've still got them both and I consider myself lucky EVERY DAY!..P

 

[~*Belle 2003*~]

 

[Morganpics]

Mum is 82, frail. Dad died in 1999. Seems like yesterday. We still miss him badly.

 

[pirateofthecarolinas]

My mother is 69. My father died in 1994 at the age of 67. My DS was just 3 months old.

Lori

 

[karmic]

I am 50 and DH is 53-- both sets of parents are alive and in relatively good health- we are very lucky!

 

[Patio]

I have been incredibly blessed with the best parents any child could ever hope for. My parents, Dad is 74, Mom is 70, are both alive. DH's parents are also alive, so we are indeed very fortunate.

My heart breaks for all of you that have suffered the loss of one or both parents.

 

[Mary Ellen]

DH and I are the only couple we know where be both still have both sets of parents and we're both in our 50s.

 

[Stepharoonie!]

My father passed away in 1999 from a 3 week battle with cancer.

 

[CourtasanSatine]

mom is alive but dad died my sophmore year of HS