Grandma Runs!

Tag: heart attack

  • Outrunning Family History

    It turns out, I can’t outrun family history. Fifty years ago today, June 7, 1974, my father dropped dead of a heart attack at the age of 42. I was seven years old; my sister had graduated high school the night before; and my brother had just completed eighth grade. On that day, we were…

  • Dear Daddy…

    It’s been 40 years; since I am 47, that’s practically a lifetime, but the pain is still there. It’s usually just beneath the surface, waiting for some random moment – a father and daughter dancing at her wedding, a little girl walking hand-in-hand with her father – to remind me of just what is missing…