Are you or is anyone close to you a widow or a widower? Quite sad if so.
My mom is and yes it is
Sorry to hear that. It can be devastating, especially when the man of the household was the sole provider, if there is no insurance it leaves his family destitute 
Yeah we were lucky and she was able to take care of us
Many men in society ten to marry women whom are younger then them so this really does not help the fact that women tend to outlive men.
Do you know how many women are widowed a yeard
I do know that in the US 11 million women are widows where as only 3 million men are widowed