Today, the drunk driver who killed my daughter 15 years ago is out of jail now and the proud owner of one of the most popular college binge-drinking bars by the beach in San Diego. MMT

Today, I found out that there is a strong possibility that I could become paralyzed from the waist down in the next couple of months due to a rare cyst that has grown on my spinal cord. I went to work this afternoon and listened to my colleagues complain about everything - our boss, finances, family issues, etc. When I got home I kissed my husband, walked my dog, and appreciated the movement in my legs. MMT

Today, I met a young man at on the summit of a 12,500 foot hike who had been born with no hands or feet. I was in awe as he used special boots to climb and crawl up to different lookout points just as fast as the rest of us. MMT

Today, my daughter, who struggled with a learning disability in grade school that gave her serious problems with reading comprehension, graduated with honors from the College of Engineering at UC Berkley with a degree in Nuclear Engineering. MMT

Today, when my older brother told me he was ready to take a leave of absence at his job to pursue his music career full-time, I told him I thought it was a risky move in this economy. “What if you fail?” I asked. “I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something… but I can't accept not trying,” he said. MMT

Today, after talking for an hour with my 75-year-old mom about letting go of my failed marriage, that last thing she said before we hung up was, “In the end, only three things matter: How much you loved, how tenderly you lived, and how gracefully you let go of the things that were meant for you.” MMT

Today, I didn’t realize the sound of silence could be so deafening until a few seconds after my dad took his last breathe. MMT

Today, I returned home from a deployment overseas in the Marine Corps. My first order of business was to visit my mom in the hospital. She went into a coma three weeks ago after suffering from a stroke. Within an hour of me arriving at the hospital and talking to her – telling her stories of my overseas experiences – she woke up. The doctors expect that she will make a full recovery. MMT

Today, I stayed up all night for the second night in a row reading MMT stories just to escape the inevitable reality of waking up without my husband for the first time in 37 years. MMT

Today, it’s been exactly 25 years since my husband risked his life and carried his female neighbor out of a college apartment complex as it burned to the ground. And that’s how I met my husband. MMT

Today, after I picked up my son (who is a straight A student) from after school detention after he punched a bully who was picking on him, he said, “I hate school! I love to learn, but school is torture!” I desperately wanted to tell him I agree, but instead I said, “It gets better.” But I know it doesn’t - I used to get picked on too. MMT

Today, the gunman in the recent Colorado shooting is the same kid dozens of kids in my high school picked on every school day that I can honestly remember. MMT

Today, as I held my dad’s hand as he passed on, I forgave him. But he was unconscious. I only wish I had been able to tell him before he was gone. MMT

Today, my two best friends of 20+ years are girls I didn’t get along with at all in high school. MMT

Today, I was knocked off my bicycle by a car in a hit and run accident. I live in an orphanage and no one thought to come to the hospital to see if I was okay. But when I woke up this evening, my favorite teacher who teaches my 7th grade Algebra class was waiting for me to wake-up. MMT

Today, like every school day, during our physical education class, regardless of the sport being played, the fastest runner at our school (a state champion sprinter) ran beside and assisted his disabled cousin who suffers from a spinal dysfunction that reduces the mobility of his body. MMT

Today, almost a full year after chemo, my hair is finally starting to grow back. And I'm still in the clear my doctors say. Second chances MMT.

Today, I realized that for every one person that sees me as "the blind girl" there are ten that see me as the fun, outgoing, completely normal sixteen year old girl that I am. I love every one of the people who love me just the way I am. They MMT.

Today, I realized that while a significant percentage of the human population dies from starvation, a significant percentage also dies from obesity. MMT

Today, my best friend finally took his first few unassisted steps since the shooting in Aurora. MMT