I was the first in a long line to go to college. My father went to the sixth grade... That was then. He survived being trapped in Bastogne. So, I am here. The odds of that are greater than 1 in 10 to the 229th power - (Lee Smolin's calculations of life elsewhere in the universe).
Life is precious... pray in God's will. It 'will' be done anyhow, but let us seek grace.