“Without pain, how could we know joy?' This is an old argument in the field of thinking about suffering and its stupidity and lack of sophistication could be plumbed for centuries but suffice it to say that the existence of broccoli does not, in any way, affect the taste of chocolate.”

I cannot explain what it is to have people like them in my life. Am blessed with a richness beyond compare in knowing them. They made a bad time in my life better and gave me the strength to move on. They challenged me, pushed me, prodded me and made me be better.They were my hope when I had none.