To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Being a parent is about your survival. Surviving the terrible two's is the most important thing.
To lose a child is - I can't imagine anything worse than that.
It's a difficult thing to lose a child, a grown-up child.
A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.
Losing my parents really set me adrift in more ways than one. It's not just losing them. It's losing the possibility of family.
Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.
To lose your last remaining parent is the toughest thing. It is a very lonely thing.
As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.
Losing your parent is unlike anything.
I mean, the idea of losing a parent is really inconceivable. I think there's just an undertone of dread about the subject, so people don't talk about it and don't prepare for it.