You know, it sometimes takes a tragedy (and a near miss) to make one realize just how wonderful life truly is. No matter HOW bad things might seem at the time. I am sure that by now many of you have heard about the shooting at the Salt Lake City mall this past week. Not being a big consumerist type, being in a mall would normally be, for me, a remote possibility at best. This would have just registered as a horrible event, and I would have moved on with my rather chaotic life.

Thing we... read more