Everybody knows that life is hard. The bigger question is: what lessons will you learn as you go? Every painful, challenging, trying time contains a truth or an insight that will grow you if you let it. It’s the old, “get bitter or get better” idea. I’m especially aware of that right now because my father passed away about a month ago. At 94, his life was full and he passed with his three children and other loved ones by his side. Happily, he’s with my mom now; he was at peac