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mick, i know how you feel, in 2001, 5 months to the day after my mother died, i was at work when i got a call from my cousin that my father had died. he lived 2 doors down from my cousin on the central coast, she hadn't heard from him for a few days and went looking for him. the house was all locked up but the car was in the garage, she used her key and found him where he'd collapsed 2 nights before as he was going to bed.
while i'm not one to mourn for long, nor do i feel that death is a tradgedy all of the time (for some people it's a timely relief from long term illness, as with my mother), the sudden shock of the news really put me on my ass, the realisation that i would never see him again, even though we'd never been "best" mates.
my thoughts go out to you and i hope you can get through it allright. your mates will help you the most through this, your family will need you too.
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