Remembering back to the day she died is like a brilliant flash of light. Barb died of a massive heart attack brought on by complications from Type 2 diabetes. To me, diabetes is a very destructive, heat-seeking missile. It weakens the body into  submission. Even though Barb had been diagnosed only a couple of years before her death, she was already following most of the prescribed medical regimen for patients with the condition. There were so many pills for so many things going wrong in her body that when I look back on it, I realize she didn’t have a chance. You know the old saying, “Damned if you do, and damned if you don’t.” She knew where it was headed more than any of us did. After all, she was a retired nurse with a lot of knowledge in this area.

                                             ~Mike

Excerpt from “My Compass, Our Story-A Journey through Death and Life