Lou would later tell me that when he collapsed in the ER that day, he felt a warm and soothing peace wash over him. And, he said he felt this profound relief in the giving in, and the letting go. There was something so comforting in the kaleidoscope of colors, sounds, and feelings he was […]

Of course, my flight to Dallas was delayed by a few hours in Tampa. There was a mechanical. I remember sitting in the gate area, feeling like I’d been duped. I had rushed to get to the airport, turn in the rental car, and check my odd collection of bags within the two-hour window I […]

By the time I arrived at my sister-in-law’s house in Dallas, Lou was fast asleep. Dona said that the doctors at the ER were able to isolate that Lou had taken a natural supplement that had an anti-inflammatory ingredient that also thinned his blood. This had obviously made Lou’s bleeding much more significant, but on […]