"YOU CAN OUTLIVE YOUR HEART A journey of faith, hope and the charity of a selfless donor‪"‬

The author recently retired and he and his wife were taking a month-long vacation on the coast in Jekyll Island, Georgia when he fell ill. After a trip to see a local ER physician he under went a cardiac catheterization, an ambulance trip to Florida for for a failed by-pass surgery, a helicopter ride to the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, and the wait to receive a heart transplant. The author recounts his thoughts on those critical elements of life's importance and the role that prayer played in his survival, especially the Golden Counsels of St. Francis De Sales.