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Today, my cousin died. He has been a Marine for 6 years. He fought for our country overseas on 3 separate tours in Iraq. He came home on leave 2 weeks ago and was killed by a drunk driver. MMT

Today, after a severe car accident, my patient’s final words were: “Tell the other driver I forgive her.” MMT

Today, my 7-year-old son curiously asked his great grandma why she decided to have a weird number tattooed on her arm. MMT

Today, I’m a gate agent for a major airline in New York’s JFK airport. I was appalled when a woman broke down crying and refused to board the plane after she saw 4 Middle Eastern men board it. But as she started to calm down, she said, “My husband and daughter were on American Airlines Flight 11 on 9/11.” MMT

Today, as she licked the blood off the cuts she made on her own wrists, she asked me, “How many calories are in blood?” MMT

Today, coincidently, the woman I pulled out of the 28th story window of a burning apartment building while I was on duty as a firefighter last month is the doctor who helped my wife deliver our first child. MMT

Today, I met a woman with two prosthetic legs jogging up the hiking path of Iron Mountain in east San Diego. MMT

Today, is the 14th day in a row that my nursing home patient's grandson has come to visit her. Two weeks ago I told him that the only time I see his grandmother smile all week is when he visits her on Sunday mornings. MMT

Today, her suicide note said, “Please take care of our daughters.” MMT

Today marks the ten year anniversary that my twin brother committed suicide. He did so because we were in a major car accident together that was his fault, and while he only had a few broken bones, I was in critical condition and doctors said they didn’t think I was going to make it. And he didn’t want to live without me. MMT

Today, I laughed at our new office janitor when he told me smoking cigarettes saved his life. But it turns out he used to work down at the World Trade Center and on September 11th, 2001 he took the elevator down 32 stories to the lobby so he could take a cigarette break approximately 5 minutes before the first plane struck. MMT

Today, at 3:40PM in my San Diego home, I put a gun to my head. Just as I pulled the trigger the ground began violently shaking from an earthquake. I lost my balance, the gun went off, but the bullet missed my body entirely. Tonight, I threw the gun in the ocean. MMT

Today, my 7 year old daughter asked me, "Daddy, why do you always act drunk?" MMT

Today, even though I was an emotional wreck as we parted ways at the airport terminal, it really touched my heart to see a few other people crying with us as they watched us say goodbye to each other before he left to fight in a war neither of us believe in. MMT

Today, you broke my heart. And I desperately want to hate you. But just hearing your voice on my voicemail makes me smile. MMT

Today, as I was sleeping, I woke up to my daughter calling my name. I was sleeping in a sofa chair in her hospital room. I opened my eyes to her beautiful smile. My daughter has been in a coma for 98 days. MMT

Today, when all of his friends were on a school field trip, my 14-year-old son was donating bone marrow in an effort to help his best friend who is battling cancer. MMT

Today, I told my depressed ex-husband to leave me alone and go jump off a bridge. Tonight, he chose to jump off his apartment building instead. MMT

Today, I asked a Middle Eastern man sitting in the waiting room, “What’s your ethnic background?” He said, “American.” I said, “Yeah, but where are you from?” and he replied, “I’ve lived right down the street since I was three years old. I’m from here.” MMT

Today, at the doctor’s office where I work, a Latino woman filled out the forms for her son’s medical exam. In the 'Ethnicity' section, she marked 'Other' and wrote in 'American.' MMT