We all go through struggles in our life. We have bumps and hurtles that we can never overcome. It seems sometimes that we need to go through the struggles or "red lights" to be able appreciate what we have in our lives. Lifetime of Red Lights is a collection of short stories that looks through the lives of people that don't know each other, but all have struggles they have to define themselves. The second collection called Wind is a collection of short stories, which occur in Brownie as a tornado destroys their lives. The stories show the lives before and after the tornado. These stories show that we all can overcome any struggle and these moments can define their lives.