General Autism Discussion

Okay, so, I've got a few people in my life who are dealing with very sudden loss of loved ones right now. About a week ago, a friend of mine lost his mother to a stroke, which was a couple of weeks after he lost his sister to.... something, I'm not too clear on that. So, very bad situation. Can't even imagine how he's getting by.

And then today, I find out that out of nowhere, my uncle died. Heart attack or something, the details aren't very clear yet. Now, I didn't really know him at all. It takes some effort to even remember what he looked like. My mom's entire gigantic family is so spread out over the country that I have a variety of cousins I've never even met. I'd see him at the very rare major family gathering, but of course I'm as social as a brick, so... yeah. I don't get to know people well.

But my mom and also my grandma are likely not doing so well right now, after finding out about this. Needless to say, they did know him very well, so... yeah. A very bad...