Friend by her side at a time of great need
“My husband really didn’t have many symptoms, besides things that kind of disagreed with him when he ate. He had just lost his best friend to an aneurysm and changed his job, so I thought that...
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Loneliness, quiet most difficult for widow
“He had been in the service, World War II, and hadn’t been out all that long. I was still in high school with two years left when we met at a dance and started dating. After...
His wife is ‘my friend, my hero, my everything’
“My wife and I just had our 25th anniversary. We’ve been through a heck of a lot together. “She lost both sons from her previous marriage. Blake, he was murdered in 1992. He was tied up...
Freak accident ends their long marriage
“My oldest daughter lives in Michigan, and I used to meet her out in Las Vegas once a year. One time while we were out there my son called and said, ‘Well, dad had an accident.’...
He still carries trauma from Vietnam War
“I was very young when I was in the Vietnam War. I didn’t think about it a lot at the time because I just did what I was told to do. But the trauma, actually, I...
‘I think God took him out … so he wouldn’t be lost’
“When you get into heavy drugs like that, people are not going to give you money to go buy more drugs. So he would steal. That’s how he died. He and a friend broke into somebody’s...
Children miss their dad after his death
“He loved his kids. I mean, he cried over them all of the time. He had six in all, including twin girls who were born shortly before he died. “It was the most devastating for his...
Back on roller skates nearly 40 years later
“I lived in my roller skates growing up. I wore them up and down the stairs, every place. “I’ve been wanting to roller-skate again so bad. So when we were at Traders Village recently and I...
Nurse’s upbeat attitude helps with difficult patients
“Some patients are just always going to complain or be grumpy, no matter what. And some nurses just don’t take it very well. It’s not that they don’t care. It’s just not their personality. “So the...
Belief in afterlife following near-death experience
“Years ago I was working for Southwestern Bell when I hurt my back. I fell backward, tore the heck out of my shoulder and messed up the L4 and L5 in my spine. “The first two...
