“I learned hard lessons in life; I had to because I had so much happen: My mother died my sophomore year in high school. The next year, same day, my brother dropped dead. Two years after that, I got married because my girlfriend got pregnant. The year after my wedding, my father - who I had only recently met - died.” YearsTwoHardHappensSchoolMotherNextFatherBrotherLessonsMetsMarriedHigh SchoolDiedGirlfriendMy BrotherTwo YearsLife LessonPregnantNext YearMy GirlfriendSophomoreMother DiedHard LessonsSophomore Year Book:I Ain't Scared of You: Bernie Mac on How Life Is Source: I Ain't Scared of You: Bernie Mac on How Life Is
“When my mother died, and when my father died, it's big. Our parents are giants; they're titans of our lives, so of course it's going to be a big deal.” BigsMotherCoursesFatherParentDealsOur LivesDiedGiantsBig DealFather DiedTitansMother DiedMy Father Died Author:Loudon Wainwright III
“When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry weep weep weep weep. So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot I sleep.” YoungMotherFatherSleepCryDiedTongueChimneysMother TongueMother Died Author:William Blake
“When my mother died, my father was in a crisis, my sister was in a crisis, everyone was in a crisis. I went round the night my mother was lying in the kitchen, and I organised everything, from the undertaker to the funeral... I looked after everybody, I sorted it all out and Ive done so ever since.” DoneLyingMotherNightFatherDiedCrisisRoundsKitchenFuneralMy SisterOrganisedUndertakerMother Died Author:Stuart Rose