Staunton Star - Times - Published in the Interest of the Staunton Community for Over 143 Years

By: Jill Pertler

In simple terms, life can be summed up as moments of “good news” and “bad news.” I’ve come to believe it’s best to embrace both: the good and the bad because each makes us who we are. Each molds us. Each helps us grow as we are supposed to, meant to, during our time here on this earth.

Embrace the positive and negative just as surely as you embrace those you love. (And I hope you do that often.)

The good news: You were born.

The bad news: You will die (or maybe that’s good news also; we shall see.)

All the rest is made up of the middle, good and bad.

Today wa...