Life catches you by surprise. It always does. But there's good mixed in with the bad. It's there. You just have to recognize it.

But today when I am 17 and warm and well fed, I'm keeping this journal for myself so I can always remember life as we knew it, life as we know it, for a time when I am no longer in the sunroom.

Maybe I'm wrong," Mom said. "Maybe the world really is coming to an end." "Should I try Fox News?" I asked. Mom shuddered. "We're not that desperate," she said.

If God wanted a world filled with saints, He never would have created adolescence.

Lisa's baby was due about now. I've decided she had it and it was a girl. I've named her Rachel.

Matt looked up kids from his high school class. Only three were listed as dead, but a bunch were listed as missing/presumed dead. As a test, he looked us up, but none of our names were on any of the lists. And that's how we know we're alive this Memorial Day.

woman must not depend on the protection of man, but must learn to protect herself