The utter process of goodbye
Cross. Roads.
John McPherson's story was one many of us have heard before.
On some level it's an ugly story with terms like "terminal cancer" and "pre-existing condition."
Call it naivete, but on some level I really hope it's got some sort of silver lining, no matter how tarnished it may be. Long story short, after the first of the two stories about John ran in the Herald and News, his $500,000 in unpaid medical bills started coming in paid, guaranteeing his children a life insurance payout when he died, something they had lacked before our meeting. Sad ending, happy ending. C'est la vie.
I spoke to John twice before the cancer finally won. I met his sister after he died. She cried when she saw me. She kept saying "Thank you," just stood there and kept repeating the phrase while tears ran down.
I keep John's obituary tacked to my office wall. I will for awhile. I wrote something on it: "More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones."
Seems fitting.
This isn't a story about the little guy winning out against the insurance company. Beyond the surface, I couldn't tell you what it's about.
Click the links below to read it.
On some level it's an ugly story with terms like "terminal cancer" and "pre-existing condition."
Call it naivete, but on some level I really hope it's got some sort of silver lining, no matter how tarnished it may be. Long story short, after the first of the two stories about John ran in the Herald and News, his $500,000 in unpaid medical bills started coming in paid, guaranteeing his children a life insurance payout when he died, something they had lacked before our meeting. Sad ending, happy ending. C'est la vie.
I spoke to John twice before the cancer finally won. I met his sister after he died. She cried when she saw me. She kept saying "Thank you," just stood there and kept repeating the phrase while tears ran down.
I keep John's obituary tacked to my office wall. I will for awhile. I wrote something on it: "More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones."
Seems fitting.
This isn't a story about the little guy winning out against the insurance company. Beyond the surface, I couldn't tell you what it's about.
Click the links below to read it.
