Sadness

My older brother's girlfriend died unexpectedly yesterday. She was in her 30's; my brother just turned 30 on Wednesday. They lived together near the stables where she worked. She was very quiet and private; he was very happy with her. None of us had met her. They'd been together just about a year. They went off to work yesterday morning, said "I love you," and that was it. The medical examiner thinks she had a stroke. My brother is, in his own words, numb. He hasn't had the best run of luck -- in life or in love -- but things had been looking up recently. Now he doesn't quite now where to look. The three siblings have been on the phone, with him and each other, and are trying to be there however we can. We are all married and can only imagine what this loss must feel like -- to never be able to talk to that person again or wake up next to them. He's staying with friends for now, waiting for arrangements to be made, and planning on visiting with my parents in GA for a week or so to get his wits about him and gain some footing. We're all hurting for him, worried for him, loving him from afar as best we can.