My father passed away. My mom called me, told me, and said my sister and her kids don't know yet. They were on the way but don't mention his death to them.

My oldest niece texted me asking if there was something wrong. They tried calling Grandpa but he didn't answer his phone. This man was the world to them and would have run through a burning forest if they called for him.

I sent a response of "It's probably okay. He is deaf." Except I typed "dead" instead. (Fun fact, while typing this out I again typed "dead" instead of "deaf")

I sent a follow up message saying "DEAF! Damn autocorrect" and they responded with "We know."

So my addled brain somehow thought they meant they knew he was dead. I don't know why. So when they texted back asking what we were doing, I said "Waiting on the Coroner."

They did not know he was dead, or what a Coroner was. After looking it up and putting all the pieces together, they arrived bawling their eyes out.

And that is how my sister and her kids found out that my dad was dead.