DEATH AND LIFE : Learning about Both

On the 02 February 1996 my father died unexpectedly from heart failure. To tell you the truth, it wasn’t that unexpected. For many years prior to that he had been battling ill health and was in and out of hospitals.

To this day, I am filled with dread when the phone rings in the middle of the night. It almost always means death. I flew back to South Africa the next day. My father was gone. Not only out of life but also out of sight. The fear of death gripped us.