I had a phone call yesterday to say that my uncle (mums brother) had died.

It wasn't a surprise as he has been ill for a year now with lung cancer.

My cousin phoned me as they couldn't get hold of my parents or my gran. My parents are on holiday in Jamaica and won't be back until early hours of tomorrow morning so they don't know yet.

My cousin asked me if I could go around to my grans and phone them so that she could be told.

It was one of the most terrible experiences of my life, my gran is 86 and I had to watch as she was told one of her children had died.

My mums side of the family all live in Scotland or Bristol and my dads family live in Wales so I'm all on my own at the moment, it's horrible.

I've got to through with having my mum be told tomorrow and then the funeral is on Thurday. This is not going to be a good week.