re: Tell Me About your Dad

My dad died of a massive heart attack at the age of 39. I was 10 years old. It happened on a Saturday morning, mom was at work, dad was taking me to my ball game. So it was just me and him at home. He said “get your glove and let’s go”, stood up from his chair and collapsed on the floor. He got back up, said I don’t feel good and fell face first in front of me. He’d had 2 prior heart attacks and mom had trained me to get his nitroglycerin pill from around his neck, I took one and tried shoving it in his mouth and under his tongue. I then called for an ambulance and waited. I tried waking him but he never moved. I don’t remember much after that except lots of crying and craziness. I’m now 49, never thought I’d live this long and didn’t truly understand how young he died until I turned 40.