Thank Goodness for Second Chances

Do you think life goes on forever? You think behind every chance there’s another one? And another one? It is the worst kind of extravagance, spending chances. It is the way you spend your chances. “Hope Floats” That piece of dialogue comes from the scene where Ms. Ramona Calvert, superbly portrayed by Gena Rowland, dresses down her daughter, Birdee Pruitt, played by Sandra Bullock, who has returned home and spends her days hiding under the covers from the world. Her husband has left her and their two young children. As both a New Year and decade dawn, I’ve thought a lot about second...

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