If you aren’t careful you will live your life in order to avoid having to answer tough questions. You will switch friends, switch careers, and move to another state hoping that your past won’t follow you. Rather than face what has happened, you choose avoidance and avoidance can work for years and years and years, until …
Mother Nature has a way of reminding us of just how fragile are lives and our possessions really are. Hurricane Irene swept up the east coast on her own time-table, with her own agenda, and with an attitude that could not be adjusted. In her path were homes, churches, buildings, schools, highways, car lots, universities, …
I am thankful for all of my second, third, fourth, fifth, umpteenth chances that I have been given by my loved ones, my friends, coworkers, and most importantly, God. Yet, I have come to learn that some people don’t get a second chance. In fact, a lot of people don’t. I tip my hat to …
20, 59, 35, 6, 18. These aren’t winning numbers. These are the ages of people I have known who died. All of them were smack dab in the middle of living. They were making plans, dreaming of tomorrow, preparing for work, or getting ready for another semester of classes when their number was called. There’s …
Danielle Koonce 