When I was a senior in High School, two of my best friends and I decided we would have a week-end hiking adventure on the Appalachian Trail near our home. We left with backpacks, sleeping bags, and a great deal of enthusiasm. We did not have a map … one of my friends had hiked the trail years before and …

The years of my life between ages fifteen and sixteen were very formative years for me. As I look back on my life, there were many significant events that happened during these years that had a great deal to do with shaping my life and my expectations for life. One of the major things that happened may seem strange to …