I was raised by my father's parents, born in 1919 and 1921. They grew up in the great depression in the Midwest. As a 13 year old, in the dead of winter in Ne

I was raised by my father's parents, born in 1919 and 1921. They grew up in the great depression in the Midwest. As a 13 year old, in the dead of winter in Nebraska, my grandpa walked a six mile trap line with a rifle to collect food and pelts for the family. My grandpa was also here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrills_Marauders http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrills_Marauders and here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalcanal_Campaign http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalcanal_Campaign He was shot twice and fragged once, and was only able to leave the front line for once of those incidents. My grandmother had many of the same qualities, without the overtly "heroic" background. (I put that in quotes because he could not stand that word, and I agree with him.) My grandpa was the most humble man I know. Not overly kind though. Soft spoken, but always watchful. One thing he said more often than any other thing: "Today is a good day if you are breathing." Only after they died in 2000 and 2003 respectively did I really start taking the true meaning of that simple statement into my being. Fundamental and deep humility has been my guiding light ever since. I'm an opinionated tech guy like many of the people here. But I tell my co-workers that, on any given day, the best thing that can happen to me at work is to be proven wrong.