The ambulance approached our tiny apartment as I stood outside waving my arms in the air. Many paramedics started exiting the vehicle, and I led them in through the door.

On the floor lay my wife, restless and in distress. Her face was turning lighter and lighter, as if pale couldn’t get any paler. Slowly I watched as she turned blue. A paramedic took me out of my gaze, as he grabbed me and remo...

It was bitter out. My body was shivering at a thousand miles per hour. You could probably hear the sound of my teeth chattering from across the globe. My eyes darted across the lake in front of me in hopes of seeing where Dad went, but he seemed to be long gone.

I turned back towards the cabin to retrieve my winter gear: my jacket, hat, gloves, boots, and ice cleats. Dad always made sure we were ...