My Mother died in 2008 and my Father just died this year in January. I feel so alone now even though I have two younger brothers. I am the oldest so I am now the matriarch of the family, the teller of stories and keeper of memories. We three are the last on this branch of the family tree. My brothers have no sons to carry on the name. The only time I hear from them is when I call and I usually have to leave a message. Sometimes I think if I never called again I would probably not hear from them. I do not understand this because we were always pretty close. I would like to just pack up and move but I have a son who lives in the same town. There is a certain freedom of not having anyone there to answer to so to speak, but it is also a very lonely feeling.