I Died. Or Maybe Didn't.

On June 12, 2026, a retired anesthesiologist lay on his bathroom floor with no pulse he could find, screaming at God. He got up. He is still not sure whether he died. What he is sure of is that he came off that floor loving everyone, which turned out to be far less convenient than it sounds.In twenty-five short, funny, unexpectedly moving lessons, Larry Hausman, former actor, former physician, now full-time writer and dog walker, sets out what nearly dying taught him about strangers, family, faith, and the difference between what people need and what they want. He argues with God about hiccups, hands Instagram cards to people on the sidewalk, confesses to buying an escape route, and learns the hardest lesson of all at his own kitchen counter with the man he has loved for thirty years.Along for every step is Milo, a small white dog who has never met a stranger and who, Larry suspects, worked the whole thing out long before he did.This is a book about the fire the world is in, and the ordinary people it will take to put it out. It ends the way every one of Larry's conversations ends: I love you, and I'm proud of you.