I think the secret is to have kids...or for your relatives to have some...I'm the patriarch of my family now...which is really weird...

I love your kitty cat

I don't know if you are religious but you still have the holy family and God the father. there are not many left in my family I only have one uncle left and my mom and my brothers and sister and nieces and nephews so I know where you are coming from I hope this helps,

Breath easy, it's your lucky day as I am still around.

i have 1 brother who is still with us but it is weird how time thins you out seems like yesterday we had 20 /30 people at a function now its me and him and my immediate family

hi there your welcome

im so sorry for your loss i lost my mom 9 years ago i have a younger brotherwe dont speak so i have a older adopted sister shes helped so much i can depend on her and our faith thats all we can do

Its tough when you realize we are now the elders of the tribe.This impacts me the most. Have learned that I can only depend upon myself and my faith.

My family that I grew up with is all gone except my my half brother who lives in a group home.My in -laws are gone too. We just accept it and deal with it.Do I miss then of course.Holidays are a little touchy for us.We surround our lives around each other and our two grown up grandchildren.Plus we have a great grandson on the way.We are so excited. .Our parents lives journey on earth is over now.Their is a time and season for everything. like the Bible says.I was not close to my family.My husband wasn't close to his dad but his mom he was. During the Holidays I pray to get through the lost.They are have been gone for many years.

I live in a lifestyle village with people in my own age group (roughly). Many shared activities and close neighbours. Support is not a problem.

Both my husband and I's parents are deceased, as is one of his sisters and my oldest sister, not to mention almost all of our uncles and aunts, and now some of the older cousins, I try to keep busy with hobbies and being the person my parents raised. I think of them daily especially my Dad. My Mother died when I was a child but did later get a stepmom. We have friends to talk to but mostly we just keep busy. It is the new normal for people our age, It is especially rough at holidays,

join a club., ring old friends, have an email conversation group, do a spot of risk free travel. I depend on myself for support, but I have a group of friends who I can call upon. Sadly we are all of the same vintage, and perch falling off happens all too often.