Yes, @udywriter, it's never an easy thing to lose a loved one. I lost my father almost 17 years ago, and likewise, knowing that he is in Heaven, I feel at peace. It's just heartbreaking that a close friend of mine and my brother's died tragically, just the same way as how our father died, too.

Thank you for your beautiful message. I am okay now, but I feel so much compassion and sympathy toward my friend's wife and his children. If I felt so sad and sorrowful for the death of my friend, how much more his family. The grief is tremendously overwhelming.