Another one off the C*******s card list

My mum (a teacher) died in 1996 at the age of 88....I was sad that few of the many people she had known were there at her funeral, she had outlived so many....
Is it better to go before them?

Yes ann I feel like this too. I've lost many people over the years as most of us have - some young some not so young. A friend died last year at the age of 52, it was very sudden (and pretty horrible). The older DH and I get (we are in our 60s) the more apprehensive I get. I try to put it to the back of my mind and get on with living but as you say you do wonder when your time is coming.