Courage

Our friend in Fredericton has been thinking about courage: On this day when everything changed, I think often of my friend. But that’s nothing new – she’s been on my mind every day this past year. For a year now, she has chosen to keep getting out of bed every morning, to keep putting one foot in front of the other, to keep going—even when it seemed her world was crumbling. One year ago, in the days before this day, my friend was living as we all do when nothing major has gone wrong, when we are simply caught up in life’s daily...