Eggplantlife I am sorry you have been through this. Its a painful, lonely thing to deal with. My mom died Sept 2009. My dad passed away Feb. 2010. Right before my father died my one and only sibling, my brother started to behave in a mean, controlling, and bossy way with me. He and I have not been close since. I last saw him two years ago and we live in the same city. So, in a way I feel like I lost a family.