The next obvious question would be: Jeanette, if in a non-survival situation, if your sisters got sick and passed away, what would you do? (Please, no harsh tones implied here at all...) I know that I was seriously hurt and affected by the death of my father when I was 17. It was, by no means, easy. Yet I pulled myself together to continue on.
Assuming Mom was still alive, I would have her, Aunt Elizabeth, Uncle David, my cousins, congregation and friends. It's my sisters who have been my anchor.
Jeanette Isabelle