When I was in high school my mom and aunt owned a bead and fabric store in Cincinnati in a neighborhood called 'Over the Rhine'. Over the Rhine is the inner city of Cincinnati where most people who live there are struggling day to day. However, the community is working hard to improve the area. I w...
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I was on a flight from Las Vegas to Los Angeles. I was annoyed to hear the stewardess announce that United was now charging $5 per "snack box" if you wanted to eat. A few passengers around me groaned at this announcement as well. Before we could get a chance to complain, the stewardess ...
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I was driving to downtown Seattle toward Belltown. If you’ve been, you know that Seattle is a very hilly city. I drove down a hill past this kid on a skateboard struggling up an endless hill. I drove past him a few blocks then turned around, feeling empathetic because I skateboard myself. I pul...
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A few years ago, my dad was diagnosed with congestive heart failure. Dad had been active as a runner and was in good shape, so how could this happen? The doctors believed it was brought about by a virus.
After battling the disease for almost 10 years, he was placed on a donor list. The wait was sho...
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In our town we have a fund raiser for a place called Hope Cottage. At the event you walk 31 miles and get pledges per mile. My husband was a politican and had volunteered to push a resident of the Cottage named Billy.Billy was in a wheel chair, and mentally and physically disabled. My husband showed...
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