Seasons of Love...

When I heard the news about Stuart Scott and of his passing this morning, my heart just sank.  Even before his public battle with cancer, he brought depth and humor to the news he reported....whether it be at his local North Carolina station as a field reporter, or one of the best sports commentators on ESPN.  This guy was "cooler than the flipside of a pillow". I remember becoming an avid watcher of Sportscenter all because of the chemistry Stuart had with Scott Van Pelt. I've followed Stuart on Twitter for the last few years, and they were everything but negative.  I still remember when he announced his 3rd round with cancer.  I was amazed at how he would do his treatments before he went on air, and still continued to breeze through his show as if absolutely nothing was wrong.  I learned today he did not want to know the cancers stage because he wanted to keep on doing normal things, having new adventures, and living his life to support his 2 daughters. ...

Growing up, I frequently sang a solo in church called "Life is hard but God is good". It was a song my dad always favored me singing. The lyrics replay in my mind frequently...."Life is hard, the world is cold. You're barely young and then you're old. Every falling tear is always understood, life is hard but God is good."  There is a YouTube video being forwarded on Facebook that some people may or may not have watched. It features a lesbian who discusses "coming out of the closet" and how hard it was for her. But that was not the point of her discussion. She said all of us have our closets to come out of...all of us have our hard times. We do not  have the right to judge someone else's hard time. We are not able to say "my hard time is harder than theirs".  My family has had some very hard times over the last 10 years. Hard.  Brad and I have had our hard  times as newlyweds with financial difficulties, home improvements needs...