Tuesdays with Morrie

by Mitch Albom

Yet here was Morrie talking with the wonder of our college years, as if I’d simply been on a long vacation.

I can tell you that when I first called Morrie, and when I met him that first time, Morrie was the one who made it easier for me. When I was in college, I used to call him Coach, like a sports affectation. And he said, "How come you didn't call me coach?" He broke the ice. All these years that I kept saying I was going to go back there and see him and now he's dying. He could've said, "it took my dying to get you to come see me?"