Actually I do agree Craig and I thank you for your wise words. You hit the nail on the head when you mentioned sadness and a feeling of loss with all the deaths around me. In my initial post I said "I feel that I'm rather overcome with mourning .... mourning them all at once".

I personally have no fear of dying and I do normally celebrate the life of a friend or loved one who's passed, but these past few weeks have seen the demise of 5 people who I was close to. That's a lot of losses to bear.