Originally Posted by CBS62

Hi Weekenders. I have been away for a bit. Trying to catch up now with you and work. I went to see my mother last week who is in hospice and the day we arrived I found out that my brother had died. It was a shock. He was 65. He did have COPD and emphysema but we did not expect to lose him so soon. Anyway, I had to plan the memorial, write his obituary and inform my other siblings, his daughter and my mother. I was surprised to learn that I was my brother's emergency contact and not my other brother who lives in the same town and is very close. It just doesn't feel real. Now I am back home and trying to put one foot in front of the other. I spoke with him on the phone a day before we think he died. He seemed fine. He was on oxygen and short of breath but he had been like that for a while. You just never know when you might lose someone. So tell your loved ones you love them and treasure every moment.