Rejecting Fear: Yes, I’m Still Riding
April used to be known for spring showers bringing May flowers. But April has a checkered past. T.S. Eliot called it the cruelest month. He had his reasons, as do we. When one does a quick tally of some of the tragedies and environmental disasters, precipitated by the hand of man, which have occurred in April just over the last 150 hundred years - April 14, 1865: Abraham Lincoln assassinated April 15, 1912: Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic, killing over 1,500 April 16, 1947: nearly 600 die in Texas City, TX when a tanker full of ammonium nitrate (used in fertilizer) detonates causing a chain reaction of explosions in nearby ships and oil refineries April 26, 1986: Chernobyl nuclear meltdown results in untold deaths from radiation exposure and environmental devastation April 19, 1993: Waco shootout April 19, 1995: Oklahoma City bombing, 168 killed including children April 20, 1999: ...