Last November, when my uncle died. I wasn't able to get out to Ann Arbor to see him in the hospital before he went, and nobody in the family would allow me to skype with him to say my peace. Started making plans to get out there for the funeral and found out he wanted to be cremated and pretty much everyone knew about it. When it hit me that I would never get a chance to see him again I pretty much lost it. My uncle was only 9 years older than me, so he was more of an older brother than an uncle, and I lost him.