What a terrible thread
So many of you have had terrible things happening to you
I think the worst thing for me was also having to tell someone of a death.
I was home alone and my mother and sister went to an information evening at my sister's school. Then my completely hysterical uncle called up and after I could calm him down enough for him to make sense, I realised he was trying to tell me that my grandmother had died. It was completely unexpected - she was still so healthy and 'with it' and we saw her almost every week at least once. I had to decide what to do so when I couldn't reach my sister's school I grabbed my bike and cycled over there as quickly as I could (in complete shock I might add). Someone fetched my sister and mother from the school hall and that's when I had to tell my own mum that her mother was dead.
It was gutwrenching, but looking back I'm glad I immediately came to them instead of waiting for them to get home, and so is my mother.