Doc Mingo is a physician, teacher, artist, author, entrepreneur, philosopher and father. He proudly served the entire community as one on Chicago’s South Side for nearly 30 years to care for his neighbors. After a near death cardiac arrest and four months in the ICU, he came out of the closet, lost 150 pounds, and has changed his methods of caring for his neighbors. After decades of using words to heal, these stories and images represent more than just attempts to entertain or share an idea. These stories are also meant to heal. As a proud father of two beautiful and wise daughters, he firmly believes the most important lessons to ever teach are to always seek to do good, never to do harm, speak your truth with gentility, never to give up, and never to surrender. Every gray cloud has a silver lining. Curses can be blessings in disguise. With tenacity, hope and faith all things are indeed possible in a universe filled with love and magic by the waters’ edge.