“You strike a woman, you strike a rock.”

There is a Chinese proverb: "An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but will never break." Today, I shook the hand of the man who killed Amy Biehl and I realized that he inspires me. Amy Biehl’s story is one of true forgiveness. Her killer works for the foundation in her name. Amy was destined to meet the people of South Africa and she was destined to die a sad and irrational death by crime. However, the death of one Amy, is keeping hundreds of kids alive. So, when I met her killer, I was not looking into the eyes of the man who had committed a crime; I was looking into the eyes of a man that making a difference. The Amy Biehl Foundation offers so many healthy outlets to the children of South Africa—their after school programs are safe-havens where kids can be kids by playing, singing, dancing, and making music.