thanks for writing.  so sorry.  this is so hard. my mom died of heart failure.  my father held one hand, i held the other. she died peacefully.  hours before, she told me how much she loved me.  i told her how much i loved her, and always will.  on top of my own grief, i am so worried about my father.  6/21 would have been 54 years for them.  i spend as much time as i can w/ him, but he is so sad.