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First and foremost, I want to send out my condolences to the families of the Coal Miners who lost their loved ones in the recent tragedy in West Virginia. To be perfectly honest, I am not someone who can truly relate to what those brave men did for a living to provide food and shelter for their families. That being said, I have nothing but respect for the way they approached their lives and I pray that their families can find peace during this most difficult of times. The reason that I bring this up now is because of an email I received following my appearance last week on CNN. It comes from Jeffrey: I wish you the best of luck and hope you find a job soon! Hey can you pass along a message on your blog today.   There is a son, Zac Harrah about 6yrs old who is about to have is 7th birthday without his father.  His father was one of the miners in the coal mine disaster last week.  The local news paper is asking for people to send his son birthday cards for support....

My wife loves kids. She loves our three kids. She loves her 400 kids. That second group is the number of children she has taught in the last 15 years as a first grade teacher. This year she has a class of 26 students, but today only 25 showed up. The absent child would have preferred to be at school, but she didn’t get that choice. Over the weekend, she attended a birthday party, where there was cake and ice cream, and a slide. Unfortunately, before the dessert was served, she fell off the slide and bumped her head. Her parents took her to get checked out and they were told their child had a mild concussion. A few hours later, the headache became a lot more serious when the little girl started throwing up. As you would expect, her parents immediately took her to the emergency room where a cat scan showed severe swelling in her head. Had the parents waited, the result could have been tragic, but thankfully, the prognosis is for a full recovery. The doctors said t...