Life is like a cell phone battery if you don't pay attention to or appreciate it. It's like not remembering you have mortality. So before you even realize it's close to lights-out.

The trends in age-adjusted death rates we expected because we've been seeing an increase in life expectancy for some years now.

The dusty tombs of long-dead exorcist priests lay in the alcoves below, surmounted by stone effigies, the features eroded by the passing of time and the reverent caresses of their grateful parishioners, a reminder, she knew all too well, of the brevity of life.

A lot of things in the house were broken or forgotten: the kitchen clock stopped, a closet doorknob coming off in my hand. The sparkly mess of flies I'd swept from the corners. It took sustained, constant living to ward off decay.

After all, how often do we get a second chance?

There is so much more to life than football, and we just wanted to highlight that, ... Whether it's the death of a sibling or the birth of a baby, it's such a opportunity to see God's hand in it, the bigger picture in life.