I remember my mom telling me about phases of life as she experienced them:

• All your friends start getting married, you go to a lot of weddings
• All your friends start having kids, you go to a lot of baby showers
• Many of your friends start getting divorced, and you have to deal with trying to be friends with the former couple separately
• Many of your friends get married a second time, weddings again
• Many of your friends start having grandkids

At the time she concluded with “Some those were hard, but it was all okay. But now, all my friends are dying…”