Sobering

I recently was told that someone I knew as a teenager and is just a few years older than I am, had a stroke caused by a brain tumor and besides the devastating effects of the stroke was told that he only has a short time to live.

Ooof - kind of sucks the air right out of me.  Makes me wonder how I would react.  While I'm not afraid of death, because I believe in and trust what Jesus Christ did on the cross and that I'm saved by Grace and not by anthing I could possibly do to earn it, but I think I'd be terrified about how it would hurt my family. 

What are your thoughts about this?