I agree about the alcohol.

 I agree about the alcohol. 

On September 17, 2012, I was teaching the late general chemistry class and I received a phone call from Paula's best friend letting me know Paula had been in a bad accident.  I, my wife and my three other children rushed to St Mary’s Hospital in Palm Beach to be with her.   

My beautiful daughter was in a coma, hit by a drunk driver. 

In a true testament to  her resilience, with a lot of work and help from God, excellent medical intervention and two firefighters/paramedics who happened to be on the scene coming back from a hunting trip when the accident occurred, she survived.  

She went on to obtain her doctorate in pharmacy in 2017. She currently works at CVS Pharmacy and teaches part time at FIU.   She is okay.  She is more than okay.  She is my beautiful daughter.  I have learned a lot from her.  

Although I may enjoy a drink every now and then, I have no time for irresponsible drinking.

One day I will tell you the whole story of her recovery.  It is inspiring, but it is painful for me to experience it again.  Her story appeared on the front page of the Palm Beach Post.  The link is below.  

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/local/2017/05/20/woman-graduates-college-years-after/7899304007/

Woman graduates college years after awful wreck caused by drunk driver Paula Lopez-Trigo had just started her second year of pharmacy school and was cruising down Interstate 95 near the Blue Heron Boulevard exit when a Jeep Cherokee driven by a woman with an empty bottl… www.palmbeachpost.com

Be well; take care of yourselves and fight on!