My deepest sympaties for your loss! I know how you feel.

In 1978, I traveled 1000 miles with tape recorder in hand to interview my grandma about her life as a Polish immigrant and all the adventures of her youth. We had a great visit one evening and decided that the next morning we would do the taping. Well, that never happened. She died of a heart attack in the wee hours of the morning.

Don't put off talking to your older relatives. They could be gone in a flash. I'll never again hear her delightful laugh and her beautiful broken English.