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When I was in high school in Pauls Valley ,Oklahoma the main thing we did during the summer months was go camping at Lake Murray near Ardmore Oklahoma. This is about 50 miles from the Texas state line . It never gets cold until late December that far south . This...
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September 11 2001 was just like all of the other days that had came before . I got up , made the coffee , got my lunch and my wife’s lunch together getting ready for another day at work . My wife always turned the TV on to listen to the...
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But I was not surprised.
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Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Last week’s story prompt was something along the lines of “What proud accomplishment did you share together with a friend, colleague or family member.” I had to think a long time about that question, but finally I figured out the answer. It’s been...
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Where were you when the terrorists attacked on 9-11 and how did you learn about it? It's the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the United States. Your feelings and personal perspective will be important to future generations. Politics aside, it's more about how you and your family were affected...
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World Rally Championships, Rally Cross, or just Rally Racing in general just oozes skill and determination when you start talking about motorsports. At 12 years old I was introduced, unofficially, into this world of on the edge of your seat racing. Now some people might think that's pretty impressive to be...
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I grew up in rural Belleville in St. Clair County Illinois in an area known as Dutch Hollow. The kids were relatively safe and could go anywhere in the area and they knew if they misbehaved it would be dealt with then and there. We had a neighborhood tavern...
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When I was small I would go outside and play like any other kid so mom would tell me don’t go out of the yard. Now you have to understand that I lived on a little hill and there was a field that my dad would put a garden in...
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My mother was the tenth child and she too young to argue about her name that she grew up hating all of her life . When she introduced herself at school functions she used her middle name Ruth and all of the family used her nickname “ Sis “. It was...
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The most important and most challenging job that I have attacked was bringing two families together in peace with my wife. I started in April 1988. My wife’s daughter was a strong spirited seven years old that her father had died with a heart attack suddenly three and half years prior...
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All of my life my mother hasn’t liked her mother in law . My Mom and Dad got married and lived with my Dad’s folks for awhile after they were married . My Grandmother ( Her mother in law ) said something that didn’t set well with my mother and my...
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