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Today, he shares with us a story entitled Balance. Take it away, Brent.

Asher had left on his motorcycle for work at his summer job. He had just graduated and needed to make a

quick stop at his high school to drop off his borrowed laptop and calculus calculator.

30 minutes later, my wife answers the phone.

The information she was given was brief.

Asher had had a motorcycle accident in front of the school.

They thought it would be okay, but the ambulance was coming and may end up taking him to

the hospital. That was about the extent of the information. Both of us quickly thought the

worst, like he had collided with another vehicle when either turning into the school or coming out.

The wording, thought he would be okay,

registered in my mind as non-life-threatening injuries.

Where would they take him?

Was the first question out of my mouth.

Tina called the school right back and was told it would be Nanticoke.

We wondered how we would know whether to go to the school

or to head directly to the hospital.

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