St Augustine wrote: “Hope has two beautiful daughters. Their names are anger and courage. Anger at the way things are and courage to see that they do not remain as they are.”

Today marks the sixth year since the terrorist attacks against our country. Six years and I am still left wondering if we, as a nation, have left our anger behind and are ready to embrace Hope’s youngest child.

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My uncle Kenny passed away on Monday, September 3, 2007. He was 51 years old.

For six years he denied that he was sick, hid his symptoms from friends and family and finally, in August 2007, was diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer (which spread to his liver).

It didn’t have to end like this. If he had had a colonoscopy years ago, then his chances for survival would have increased significantly. My aunt begged him repeatedly, but he continually refused.

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A truly sad day.

Twenty-eight years since my first reading, "A Wrinkle in Time" remains one of my favorite books.

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