When people ask me what I love, I usually respond, “God, my family, and St. Louis Cardinals baseball…
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In Cold Sassy Tree, the classic novel by Olive Ann Burns, Grandpa Blakeslee tells his grandson Will Tweedy that,…
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A few weeks ago, I visited my general practitioner for a yearly physical. I was expecting him to harp on…
And do you feel scared? I do, but I won’t stop and falter. And if…