We were just completing our evening meal when the phone rang. The kids started laughing because the joke around our house is that we cannot sit down to eat without the phone ringing just once. Sometimes it is someone trying to sell us siding for the house ... or it’s a phone call for one of the kids ... or a phone call from someone just to chat. On this night, the call was to let me know that Bob had taken a turn for the worse. A family member was calling and asking if I could come to the hospital. I slipped a jacket on and headed toward the hospital.

As I drove to the hospital, I thought about the man I was going to visit. Bob had unusual abilities and energies. He had started working with one company, but eventually formed his own company and became very successful. Perhaps, it was that d…