And no, this wasn’t hyperbole. Sunday, I went for a walk with my oldest son. We were 2 miles into our 4 mile walk. Ironically enough, the paid started while we were outside of a hospital. If he wasn’t with me, I might have pressed on. Anyway, we had started the turn towards home and my chest felt tight. My left are started to hurt. I felt a weirdness I’d never felt before. Every step got worse. Before the walk I told my son we werne’t going to call Shannon if he was tired. I was determined to get my 10,000 steps for Sunday. With every step I weighted the thought of keep going to calling for help. I saw two ambulances drive by. I thought to myself, this is a sign to call. We kep walking about 500 steps. Finally, we made it to a bus stop and I asked my son if we could take a break. I immediately thought of my dad and when I told him to see a Cubs vs Sox game and he had to stop frequently to take breaks. I thought to myself this isn’t me and I said let’s go We made it another 200 feet before I thought I should make the call. Lucky, Shannon was able to tick us up with 5 minutes. Those minutes felt like hours. Once back home, I took my customary Sunday afternoon nap. I woke up and felt “fine.” My chest wasn’t huring but my arm felt weird. Little by little, I started feeling back to normal. Shannon decided that we should book a appointment with the doctor just in case. I chalked it up to having spicy chicken and waffles for breakfast. Sheck suggested we go to the doctor just to make sure The appointment was scheduled for Tuesday at 9:45 am The doctor runs an EKG test and everything comes back normal. The doctor tells me to go have bllod drawn for other heart reaalted tests About 1 hour later, Shannon calls and says GO TO THE ER NOW I go to the ER and learn I had a heart attack. At 39 The only thing I could think about was how I let me family down. The only thing I could thing about was my dad having a triple bypass surgery at about the same age.

Post one thing you're grateful for every day for a week, and tag another member to do the same. Members who participate in the challenge will be entered to win a $100 gift card. You will get one "name in a hat" for every post and another post for tagging someone different. For example, if you post today what you are grateful for and tag a member in the community you will earn two "names in the hat" Karin Deutsch

About an hour ago, I had the pleasure of being called a “weirdo.” He’s the story… A salesman on an old-school segway stopped by my house yesterday. He rang the door while I was working so I didn’t answer. He came back today and rang the doorbell again. I see it is him through our Ring Video doorbell. I yell, “Not interested.” He continues to stand there… I say again, “Not interested.” I say it four more times and continue to stand there. A few minutes later, my wife comes to the door. He begins his little sales script, and I say 4 more times. “Not interested” Finally, my wife says, “We’re good, thank you.” After my wife closes the door, he stands there waving and says goodbye. As he is rolling down my driveway, he says, “Ya weirdo.” Here’s the thing…I’m not happy about this. I was sitting in line picking up my kids from school. As I return to our subdivision, I see him outside of a neighbor's house. I asked for a business card or his name, and he refused to give it to me. Crazy, right?