Heart health is not a one size fits all proposition. Whether you are short and fat, long and lean, or somewhere in between, you may have health complications of which you are not aware. In 2006 nearly 2,000 Orange County residents died from cardiovascular disease.

It was a place where, to get somewhere, one walks; to get somewhere quickly, one runs. Deep in the jungles of southeast Asia, there are thousands of people who have never seen a piece of paper, never mind read a verse of the Bible.

Samantha Askey was, as her best friend Sarah Vermilyea described her, a “girly-girl.” The bouncy redhead loved to shop; one of her favorite mall stores was Claire’s, a costume jewelry boutique.