In 1993, my uncle, my father's brother, died after being hit by a car on a Mexican highway. Two years later, on May 23, 1995, my paternal grandfather died of lung cancer. On Halloween 2008, I remember receiving a phone call from my mother informing me that my aunt had passed away from cancer. Four years later, in 2012, my maternal grandmother passed away due to illness. Then, in November 2013, my paternal grandmother also died due to an illness. Those dates were very hard for me