# My mom was killed in a fire last night. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 27, 2011, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-was-killed-in-a-fire-last-night/579881 "2011-04-27T12:25:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-was-killed-in-a-fire-last-night/579881/361 "2011-04-29T06:40:29Z")
I’m so sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-was-killed-in-a-fire-last-night/579881/362 "2011-04-29T15:03:57Z")
My condolences again to **Diogenes the Cynic** and **tnetennba**. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-was-killed-in-a-fire-last-night/579881/363 "2011-04-29T16:13:49Z")
Oh my goodness, I feel so sorry for your loss. My deepest sympathy. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-was-killed-in-a-fire-last-night/579881/364 "2011-04-29T17:51:43Z")
[A piece my bother wrote on his blog](http://mudmambas.wordpress.com/). Includes a picture. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-was-killed-in-a-fire-last-night/579881/365 "2011-04-29T18:02:10Z")
What a beautiful tribute. Thank you for sharing it, **Dio**. ---
**Author:** ![gnarlycharlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@gnarlycharlie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarlycharlie)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-was-killed-in-a-fire-last-night/579881/366 "2011-04-29T20:37:45Z")
**Dio** , i can’t imagine how you feel. please accept my deepest condolences. my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. i saw your brother’s blog. it was beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Damfino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Damfino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damfino)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-was-killed-in-a-fire-last-night/579881/367 "2011-04-29T21:05:38Z")
I’m mostly a lurker, but have come to know you through your posts. Very, very sorry to hear about your loss. My deepest condolences. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-was-killed-in-a-fire-last-night/579881/368 "2011-04-29T21:13:49Z")
I’m so sorry. Big hugs. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-was-killed-in-a-fire-last-night/579881/369 "2011-04-29T21:19:44Z")
I was hoping there might be some chance that there was a mistake, that your mom was okay. Really sorry about this, Dio. Which there was something more that could be done, other that typing some cheap words on a keyboard. Best wishes to you and family. Don’t know what else to say. Glad to get to know you a little bit here at the message board, you add a lot of interest to the place. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-was-killed-in-a-fire-last-night/579881/370 "2011-04-29T22:03:53Z")
**Dio** , I’m sorry for your loss. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-was-killed-in-a-fire-last-night/579881/371 "2011-04-29T22:26:05Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > [A piece my bother wrote on his blog](http://mudmambas.wordpress.com/). Includes a picture. That’s beautiful. Now I want to write about my mom–she reminds me of my mom. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-was-killed-in-a-fire-last-night/579881/372 "2011-04-30T01:04:36Z")
Sorry to hear of this, Dio. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-was-killed-in-a-fire-last-night/579881/373 "2011-04-30T02:24:03Z")
I just saw this, before opening the thread I was hoping the title was just some obscure cultural reference. I am sorry to hear this really happened. My sincere condolence to **Dio** and **Cricetus**. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-was-killed-in-a-fire-last-night/579881/374 "2011-04-30T02:58:17Z")
I’m late to the thread, but please accept my deepest condolences. She’s my mom’s age, and if I had to guess, I’d say you and I are close to the same age (mid 30s), which really brings this close to home. I may be 36, but dang it if I don’t feel like a 10-year-old kid all over again when I think about my mom’s mortality. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-was-killed-in-a-fire-last-night/579881/375 "2011-04-30T03:13:21Z")
I’d like to offer you my condolences too, **Cricetus**. I didn’t realize prior to this thread that you were **Dio’s** brother. And what a warm and happy photo. And what a pretty young woman she was. I can see why this photo would be favorite. It’s funny. My father was roughly thirty years older than she was but he used to sing “You Are My Sunshine” when we were kids also. I bet she got that from her parents too (she was only a couple years older than me), and that it took on extra meaning for her after you were born. 🙂 Take care, you guys. You seem to be handling this with an extraordinary amount of poise. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-was-killed-in-a-fire-last-night/579881/376 "2011-04-30T03:15:05Z")
I am so sorry to hear this, dio. Terrible tragedy. My sincere condolences. ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-was-killed-in-a-fire-last-night/579881/377 "2011-04-30T04:10:31Z")
I’m really sorry. I lurk a lot more than I post, but I have always enjoyed your posts over the years. That’s a very nice tribute your brother wrote. ---
**Author:** ![Clark\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@Clark\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clark_K)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-was-killed-in-a-fire-last-night/579881/378 "2011-04-30T05:01:05Z")
Terribly, terribly sorry. My heart goes out to you and your family. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-was-killed-in-a-fire-last-night/579881/379 "2011-04-30T12:56:40Z")
My condolences, **Dio**. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-was-killed-in-a-fire-last-night/579881/380 "2011-04-30T13:31:10Z")
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