I read this last night and, unusually for me, found myself affected...twenty four hours later I've reread it and still found it very sad...perhaps it's because I've known three or four people this (or something similar) has happened to... I guess it's not that uncommon, but still a very sad reflection on modern life - years ago, for better or worse, the family unit would all be living together...horrendous in some respects, and yet, with progress and an improved quality of life in many ways, we do appear to have lost something....