Thanks, Parley. For me, not having a chance to say good-bye is worse. As hard and painful as it is (not only emotionally, but physically too) to say good-bye to someone you love and care about, at least when you make that eye contact, you both know and understand the love and impending loss. When someone dies suddenly, you don't get to connect that one last time. But again, I say it often, loss just sucks in general and it's something we all go through.