It's been about 4 or 5 years since my family went through something traumatic - like a death, hospitalization, etc. For a time it almost seemed normal that every 6 months to a year something happened to someone in my family/friends. To be fair, it was normally it was my elderly grandparents and they've all since passed away. 

Now that it's been years I feel like the clock is ticking and we're overdue for something. I fear that something else is going to happen. My parents are getting up there in age, my sister and I are getting older, and I feel like this is a calm before a storm.