Sometimes, when we have a quiet moment in life, or a troubling moment or a downright difficult moment to get through, we take pause to ponder. We ponder the people that have come and gone from our lives and those who have stayed. We ponder circumstances and how we could have gone about them differently or avoided them altogether. We ponder on those paths untaken and what might have been. But, every single event that has been a part of our lives makes...