Matters of the Heart - The Citizen

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Matters of the Heart - The Citizen

February is American Heart Month, so I felt it was finally time to share my personal heart story. My paternal line has a long history of heart issues. My paternal grandfather died when I was two years old. His obituary states that he was “stricken at home” at age fifty-seven. In his case, “stricken at home” means he just dropped dead as he walked across the yard. He was walking and talking one second and BOOM—gone the next. My father was always …