7. Under what circumstances have you been closest to death?

"Some kind of virus" was their final diagnosis. Dehydration. Renal failure. Extremely low blood pressure. She was 25.

I can't look at her. I can barely walk out the door. I wake up at 4am vomiting.

At the funeral I lay my hand on her cold forehead. I don't remember hitting the floor.

What is the greatest risk you have ever taken?

Driving south on I-75 in Michigan and for no explainable reason passed my exit and kept going. Slept in a restaurant parking lot in Missouri that night. Ran out of money and gas outside Vegas. Sold my coat at a convenience store. Ended up on the coast. Worst time. Best time.