Two sisters modeled the art of living well before dying in Texas floods

Two sisters, Brooke Harber, 13, and Blair Harber, 11, were swept away in the July Fourth Texas floods.

Rescuers found the girls a day later, with hands clasped together and clutching rosary beads.

“I love you,” texted Blair in her last words to her father and grandparents at 3:30 AM.

RJ Harber, their father, who was staying in a separate cabin, tried a kayak, but he couldn’t get there.

Their school, St. Rita Catholic Community School in Dallas, highlighted how the sisters led vibrant lives.

Did Brooke and Blair leave us clues on how to face tragedy?

Two sisters living well

I think they left three.

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LA Wildfires: 3 Recovery Principles That Last Beyond Disaster

Wildfires require extreme recovery tips.

Folks in LA were shocked at the speed of destruction.

Thousands of homes were destroyed, and entire communities were forever changed.

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Night-long exposure photo of LA wildfire 2025/FrozenShutter/GettyImages

Could you survive if you were ambushed by a natural or unnatural disaster?

Three parachutes make the difference between recovery and death.

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LA Wildfires: 3 Recovery Principles That Last Beyond Disaster

Mastering Life’s Challenges: How to Win the 5-Second Game

Ask Cowboys Defensive Coordinator Mike Zimmer, who unexpectedly lost his beautiful wife to natural causes in 2009 at age 50, how to master challenges like the sudden death of a spouse.

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Cowboys Head Defensive Coach Mike Zimmer faces family losses/Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

Ask him how he coped when he got a phone call that his son and best friend, a talented NFL coach himself, was found dead on his couch alone in his apartment at age 38.

The sudden death of a spouse or a child ranks number one as life’s most significant stressor.

Ask Coach Zimmer how football, the game he loves, knows, and coaches is a metaphor for handling life’s toughest challenges.

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Faulty airbag: 3 rules to avoid auto accidents forever

I have avoided auto accidents and faulty airbags all of my life, until last week.

On my way to the gym, I enter an intersection I’ve driven a thousand times.

A black Mazda abruptly turns into me delivering a crashing blow.

Upon impact, airbags from the steering wheel and driver’s door exploded, pulverizing my left arm with abrasions, cuts, and hematomas.

I get out fast.

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Apocalypse in Israel: Is Mass Murder and War a Sign of End Times?

Apocalypse in Israel or not, trauma is a daily episode in the modern world.

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Israeli soldiers inspect the music festival attack site on October 13, 2023/Associated Press

Survivors of the Supernova music festival in southern Israel say the scene looked like the apocalypse.

  • Sky full of rockets at 6:30 AM
  • Suiciders blocking exits
  • Shooters everywhere

“This may be the most dangerous time the world has seen in decades.” Jamie Dimon, CEO JP Morgan Chase, 10/13/2023

The chief executive of the world’s largest bank said the terror attack in Israel and the Ukraine war have far-reaching effects on trade, markets and relationships for years to come.

The Bible details a number of alarming signs for “the end of the age.”

Here are two unfolding today with growing lethality.

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