Friday; January 23
On January 23, 2016 a blizzard blasted the east coast with around 3 feet of snow killing 55 and recording millions of dollars worth of damages. On January 23, 2017 tornadoes ripped up parts of Georgia and Mississippi killing 18. How is that possible? Just one year apart, two very different beasts of nature devastated places relatively close together! Isn’t that ironic? Well, maybe … but that also describes life. About the time we start to think things make sense, the odd happens. Now, I am not going to try to explain why things like this happen, but what I will say is that life is complex and confusing. It is tempting to try to figure out “why” things happen – often leaving us to scratch our heads – yet, often, the most important thing we can do is ask “how” … how can we make the best of what has happened to us or others? I am not smart enough to figure out the nature or even the timing of Go...