Ralph Needs is either having the luckiest week or the unluckiest week ever. I’ll let you decide. On the surface, his week was horrible. Not only was he robbed at gunpoint, he was pistol-whipped and his nose was broken after the three assailants tied him up. Four days later, while getting a self-defense lesson from his son, Ralph was accidentally shot in the hand! However, on the lucky side, he’s still alive after all he went through. So he’s got that going for him, which is nice.
Is it better to survive violence or for it to have never happened? If what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, then Ralph is the strongest 80-year-old man in Groveport, Ohio. Given I’m a glass-half-empty sort, I’d rather not be beaten and shot at all, but there’s something to be said for surviving all that with barely a scratch. A broken nose and a shot-up hand isn’t great at any age, but considering that he’s a retiree, he’s lucky he wasn’t seriously hurt. This could have easily been a story too depressing for PopFi.
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