Todd Howey

There is a line in one of my favorite movies, Shawshank Redemption, where the lead character makes a comment that he only had two choices left in his life

, “Get busy living, or get busy dying.”

He chose to get busy living.

I will never forget when I was about nine years old, my dad took me to Galveston Island for a weekend vacation. I was excited to get in the water, so I hurriedly got down to my trunks and ran into the Gulf. Over my shoulder I heard my dad yell,

“Todd, watch the undertow!”

I waved acknowledgement and dove in. After about 10 minutes of jumping through waves, I turned to look for our car on the beach. It was nowhere to be found. I thought my dad had left me for the sharks to feed on!

Without even realizing it, the undertow dragged me down the beach almost

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