As a retirement destination, it’s no surprise our area is rich with grief groups that support widows and widowers. As a rule, obituaries list surviving family members of the deceased. I am one such survivor, but not in the “natural order” sense, not because my parents passed but because my children have.

In our neck of the Texas Hill Country, the number of parents whose children have died prematurely is shockingly large. News of sudden death, particularly auto accidents, is even more shocki...