Another year gone. They go so fast. I was in my teens when my mother said to me that the older one gets, the faster time seems to go. As a youth, I thought that was nonsense. I think that was yesterday when she sai…

I've known this story from the beginning. Indeed, the boys in this story—my nephews—are now ages 48 and 50. This is the first of a series of true stories about folks who have suffered life-threate…