Have you ever received a package that had the label on the outside that said, “Fragile – handle with care?” I have had a few of them in my lifetime. When I receive it, it makes me realize that there is something valuable inside that package. I then begin to think of all the hands that have handled the package, …

When I was a boy, I remember our family going to the beach for vacation each year. I loved swimming in the ocean, and trying to ride a raft, and just trying to body surf on the waves. We always went in August when the water was the warmest. I would get in the ocean and would not get out …