COVID hit the world unexpectedly during my seventh month of working as a student journalist in Peru. When Peru airports closed to all traffic, the …
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Smoking Dangers
I have an uncle who recently died of heart disease; he was only 45 years of age. The doctors told us that his smoking of …
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On a beautiful spring morning, March 26, 2007, a perfect little angel, Lilyan Rose, was born. Unfortunately, her home was a dangerous and unstable environment. …
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I first met her at church. My family had just moved to Milton Freewater, Oregon, and we were looking for a church that would be …
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It was a beautiful summer’s day in Sandpoint, Idaho. With my dad off at work and my mom out grocery shopping, my little sister and …
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It was a nice day in July 1967. I had just returned from Hawaii, where I often went. Tanned and driving a new Lincoln, I …
Read More »My Scoliosis Report
When I was 14, I was diagnosed with scoliosis, an abnormal curvature of the spine. Typically doctors find this condition in children around eight or …
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Nearly everyone agrees with Maurice Chevalier as he begins to sing, “Thank heaven for little girls…” But it’s the next few lines of the song …
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Have we lost our kindness? Have we lost our ability to see the good in other people? Why do we so quickly forget that we …
Read More »Losing Mindy
It was a crisp, clear sunny afternoon in Walla Walla, Washington. My family was enjoying being around our house one summer afternoon after church while …
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