A Real Shock

There are few things that make me feel older than hearing that someone I know has died. Now as I get older this naturally occurs more often but when the person who died is younger than I am it still shocks me. A woman I coached on the local masters swim team told me yesterday that a mutual acquaintance died last week. Apparently she had a stroke two years ago and had recovered enough to swim again, but had a second stroke while swimming on Tuesday. She was three years younger than I am and had taken pretty good care of herself throughout her life. Her husband was even a physician from a family of physicians and they had a physician son.