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What Tags Have You Been Given?
Growing up, my dad would occasionally hunt pheasants with friends. He didn’t enjoy hunting with a gun as much as he enjoyed fishing. Mom didn’t like cooking fish or game, so Dad learned to cook them. My grandsons, however, have a grandfather who learned to hunt when he was a child. He learned to hunt…
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One End To The Other
He’s eight years old, and he already has a passion. He’s a huge soccer fan, and he practices with teams (plural) five times a week. Often stepping outside his own team for the challenge. He practices at home on his own without anyone telling him to do so. Ward has enjoyed soccer for years. His…
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Small Town Connections
Our family ventured to Upland, Indiana, this past weekend to watch Sydney play her senior soccer game. Upland isn’t anyone’s booming metropolis. With the population just topping out at 3,800 people, it’s one of those little Midwestern towns that often pass so quickly that if you blinked, you’d miss it. We had the chance to…
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Are You Reddy For It?
Sydney has played soccer at Taylor University for her entire college career. It’s been an opportunity to make new friends and engage in a sport she loves. We were there to celebrate her senior game, with family and friends from Orlando, Colorado, and Pennsylvania, to honor her and the other senior players who had committed…
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Just Do It Anyway
Some people in life never give up; they take on the challenges before them with a vim and vigor that often surprise others. They’re not easily unhinged by the difficulties we all encounter at some point. My grandmother on my mom’s side was one of those people. She stayed in Czechoslovakia with her children while…
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