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“And in the chaos and randomness of things, in the vastness of space and the immensity of time, how lucky I was to have found you.”

Most people make me sad. And then there are the others. The ones that make you a better person, the ones that help you look at life a tad differently, the ones you learn from. These are the people I am truly blessed to have met - because really, what were the chances?

There is one drowning of a child for every 11,000 residential pools in the United States. Meaning in a country with over 6 million pools, roughly 550 children under the age of ten drown each year.

Meanwhile, there is one child killed by a gun for every one million+ guns. So, in a country with over 200 million guns, roughly 175 children under the age of ten die from guns.

In conclusion, likelihood of death by pool is 1 in 11,000 versus by gun 1 in a million+.

Yet, more parents feel comfortable with their children staying over at a friend’s home where the parents own a pool rather than a gun.

* This blog is based off the book I am reading the the moment Freakonomics.