Dear David

Fine. The check engine light came on in the Honda. And so it begins…. It was right after a fill up so maybe the gas cap just isn’t on tight. Don’t you have a diagnostic tool that can check the codes? Well, what does it look like and where is it in the shed? I will look for it but plan on driving the car to Caribbean Tire in Orange Walk. They can run the diagnostic and put on those shocks/struts you purchased. I know the bolts were frozen and you didn’t have a chance to take it over to get them unstuck. Aye! Now someone else is going to do the entire job for you. I know how much you hate having someone else work on your car. Me, too, I feel vulnerable. As for you, that’s what you get for dying. I can’t muster up any anger though, David. I am just sad. Let me know if you think this is a bad plan.

David Loren Bartz died June 29, 2015.

David Loren Bartz died June 29, 2015 of a cerebral hemorrhage after a myocardial infarction. On the way to the hospital in Belize City he grabbed my hand and told me that he loved me. I squeezed his hand and said, “OH, NO! You’re not leaving me….” but he did.

“I thought that love would last for ever: I was wrong.” W. H. Auden