Bring Out Your Dead
What happens to One of US, affects All of Us
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On Monday, October 26th, 2020, my brother-in-law, whom I have known since I was 8 years old, died from complications from COVID-19 and a heart attack in Odessa, Texas.
He had spent 30 years in the Odessa Fire Department, saving lives. He was a manager of the Pinkie’s Liquor on the corner of 8th St, and Dixie. He was the hardest working man I have ever known. David had saved my sister’s life the moment they met.
Julie and David are the only example of “Love at First Sight” that I have ever witnessed or known, in my 47 years of life.
I have often told the tale of when my mom, sister, and I had just finished meeting with one arm of our tight circle of born-again hippies. Our disillusioned utopians had gathered to meet the younger brother of a man whom we young ones loved to call ‘Uncle John,’ whose unusual height often required him to bend over…
