[Later that day, Matthew and James Wells drove to Moscow.] They said they didn't come over with the intent to kill anybody, ... Both of the Wells brothers had played college ball and were going to try and intervene and diffuse the problems.

This is a global problem. Eight million tons of litter enter the oceans every day -- most is plastic.

One day just over five years ago, Danny (Dad) came to see me. He said he had sold his bass boat and equipment. He had decided he was meant to serve the Lord on Saturdays. He wanted to start a Saturday Sunday school for children in a low-income area of Memphis.

I'm not excited yet. It's still day by day as far as I'm concerned. It does appear as if he has turned a corner though, which is something.

Like that day four Septembers ago, we once again find ourselves asking, 'How could this have happened? ... The answer is painful, but it must be acknowledged: we simply were unprepared.

I'm being selfish and it's all about me on the day.