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Last night I watched the movie Defiance.  I was very moved by this true story, likely because it reminded me of the stories my dad used to tell me when I was a child, and the stories he repeated on his deathbed 2 weeks before he died.  I could not miss the similarities between the stories:  a group of people who hid from the Nazis during WWII, who traversed forest wilderness, miraculously survived the outdoor elements, were tough enough to withstand starvation, extreme cold, fatigue, illness, and were forced to cope with members of their group who had died along their journey while trying to stay alive.

Some people are really tough.   Read more…