Why?

*Warning--Not a happy post.

Why is everything happening seemingly all at once?  One of my aunts died unexpectedly in December after surgery complications.  My maternal grandmother passed away in January, a day short of the one year anniversary of my maternal grandfather's death.  Tragedy actually struck twice that day when we found out a longtime neighbor and family friend had also died.  Then Eric found out he had the tumor in his femur and had to have immediate suregery to remove it.  Thankfully, all of that turned out okay.  Now I've just been told my paternal grandfather's kidneys are failing and it's only a short matter of time.  Why?

This is supposed to be a time of happiness and joy for Eric and me, but instead we're spending our time at hospitals and funerals.  I know that probably sounds really self-centered and I don't mean for it to sound that way; I am truly grieved by each one of the incidents.  I worry about the baby.  I know my stress easily passes to her and I have been stressed, really stressed.  Please keep my family in your prayers.  The best way I can look at this is that our baby girl will be a blessing among all of these tragedies.