Not just murder, but she was missing for months, then found at last (so many are never found, and Not Knowing is worse than knowing). Her killers were never apprehended. They walk free today. They're grandpas. Of the accomplices, 3 of 4 "persons of interest" are now dead. It's a very long and complicated story, and nobody was arrested, just free to kill again.... and they did.... then moved to Vegas.
Second sister was sick with leukemia for 27 years.
Third sister was the marathon runner and fitness buff and super achiever, the one we figured would live to be 150. No one could have imagined she'd be the one struck down by cancer. Gone six months after the diagnosis. A brutal, vicious, ugly, insanely painful six months....
Sudden death is a blessing, I swear, having seen invalids suffering for months and years.
We all hope to die peacefully in our sleep, I suppose, or while parachuting from high in the sky.
Demential is the worst. I've seen parents of my h.s. classmates, five years in a nursing home, not knowing their own children.... why don't they die... why.... why....
Thanks for the kind words, and may your sister continue to visit you in your dreams, @dreemit!