An Untimely Death
Before you read further, this is a personal story. I don't necessarily like to tell the story, but there are no barriers and no need for reticence necessarily. I usually write blogs here for my sci-fi fans as entertainment, but it really doesn't tell my audience much about myself. Another point I'd like to make before I begin is that sharing a personal experience like this is really about my past challenges, my current triumphs, and lessons learned in my life. Who knows, maybe it will inspire someone else to keep fighting even though they may feel like quitting. And also might encourage someone to continue working towards their dreams regardless of the bad things that can happen. "It was an accident," is how I usually begin. "A car accident?" is always the assumption. But people are conditioned by that word — accident. My father was a soil scientist, a very good one. He and my mother had met at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, where I was b...
