Saturday, August 05, 2023

Surprise

No predictions are certain. He was outgoing, active, "picked his ancestors carefully", and had lots of friends and family. I, the same age, am rather introverted, a desk jockey, and with a family history of several unwanted conditions--some of which I continue. A surprise heart attack and ER, and then another one a couple days later before the hospital could get him studied.

He touched a lot of lives--hundreds came to visitation. Luckily he and his wife had had a reunion with their large extended family a few weeks before, so everybody got to see him hale and happy one more time.

1 comment:

Assistant Village Idiot said...

In my recent illness I reflected that even if you could, if you got the right medical care at the right moment, live another ten years, it only takes a few minutes to go beneath the waves forever.