Well, it’s been a little over a year since my walking articles hit this column. Little did I know that the back-to-back columns would be a foreshadowing of a health problem a couple of weeks later. Last Friday was the 1-year anniversary of my quadruple bypass surgery, and things have changed.

Following surgery, I started following a stricter diet and managed to shed 55 pounds. I also focused on eliminating stress and accomplishing things that had eluded me in my previous 63 years of life.

No. 1 on the list was to find the lady who whipped by me on my walking trips with my wife. I wanted...