Tag: heroes
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My Knight In Shining Armor
Cal’s class had to dress up as knights, kings, and queens for school this past week. A chance to pretend, to act out a character and personality which aren’t real. How fun is it to carry a wooden sword and wear a helmet? To imagine fighting off the bad guys with your wits and your…
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Who’s Your Hero?
When an older sibling finds success in something that’s fun, it’s not hard to imagine that one of the younger ones chooses to follow in their footsteps. Ryken was in his first school production–“Dinostars”, a musical about the comical interactions of prehistoric creatures. The young entertainers ranged in age from five to eight years, some…
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What Grabs Your Passion?
Who doesn’t love an underdog? The national championship for college football begged the question as to which team was the underdog. Alabama has won this coveted prize more years than not, and Georgia hadn’t won it in 41 years. If that was my only criteria, I’d opt for Georgia. People have been zealous for which…
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Remember Where You Were?
Anniversaries are often celebrations to remember good times, stories that have mellowed over the years. This Saturday will mark the twentieth anniversary of one of the roughest days in American history–the terrorist attack and resulting destruction and death on 9/11. At significant points in history, people tend to have clear memories of where they were…
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Washington Can’t Make Us Better
Stephen Paddock had his fifteen minutes of infamy. A millionaire gambler who appeared to have it all made the decision to play judge, jury and executioner for a group of people he didn’t know. What goes through the mind of someone who instigates the deadliest mass shooting in US history? What does it take to…
Tip of My Iceberg 