• Prayer

    My Dad’s Heart Attack and the Power of Prayer

    Lucy and I had just finished meeting the family’s newest addition (her cousin, my nephew). He was two days new, tiny and sweet. We only had a few minutes before we had to get back home so Jon could get to his regular holy hour.  I was pulling away from their house and I got a phone call from my brother. It was short and succinct. I could hear him take a breath and he said,  “Dad collapsed tonight.”  I responded “WHAT?”  CPR. Sedated. Intubated. Dad is stable now, but we don’t know what happened.  Words you hope you’ll never hear in the same sentence about either of your parents.…