I'm so sorry, Donette, that you have experienced so much grief. I lost four family members in one year and it just started getting surreal.

My mother used this term, orphan, when my aunt passed last year. At the time, I didn't understand it. She was the last surviving member of her family and I felt that an orphan was one who had been without family but all of you have shown me the true meaning of it. Thank you.