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Wait Wut

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1. You know this, and I know this, but...
Thu Sep 26, 2013, 06:58 PM
Sep 2013

...young people are invincible. You and I used to 'know' that, as well. As we got older, we learned that humans are fragile and frail. That none of us is safe from disease and tragedy.

Many young people still don't get it.

This is a good list, though. If you can find a quickie list of costs associated with some of these, that might help.
Something like: A broken arm playing football costs ... a good used car.
Some treatable cancer costs ... one year of college.
Other treatable cancer costs ... four years of college.

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