Nanci Stoeffler {Expressionistic Artist}

In the middle of the night on March 1, 2017, I receive a text from my friend Stephanie, requesting me to call her in the morning. I figured something must be wrong so I called her right then. As we talked, the conversation unfolded into something I was not at all prepared for or expected to hear; “Brian Pugh was in a car accident and he died. Brian is dead.” Over the next few moments, all of the typical responses shot through my mind and heart; denial, shock, speechlessness a