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Bolo

Remember that it’s never too late and you’re never too old to get the body you were born to have.~David Kirsch My daughter is a runner. When she was a baby, she didn’t just learn to walk; her first steps sent her running. I ran with her, or rather after her, to guide her past obstacles, but I was never built for running. It was obvious by the time she was eight that she could run circles arou...

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One-Pot Favorites

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.~Thomas Edison I sure didn’t buy it for the love of cooking. Meal planning and preparation were things I did more out of duty than pleasure. At the time, our daughters Christine and Mary were about nine and seven. They needed healthy, homemade meals, while I wanted them fast and easy. I was also in the throes of a mild addiction t...

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She Did It Herself

A woman is like a tea bag — you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.~Eleanor Roosevelt My grandmother was only in her sixties when Grandpa died. She continued to run their junkyard in the small Kansas town of Sabetha, sculpting her biceps with her newly acquired welding and cutting-torch skills, and sorting metals into neat piles. During the Depression and World War II, t...

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God in the Cockpit

Peace is not the absence of affliction, but the presence of God.~Author Unknown Working in real estate, I’d had the chance to meet and befriend a client who was a property developer. Clarence also happened to be an experienced pilot. He and I had done several business deals together and it was not unusual for him to fly us to see remote parcels of property suitable for development. One night ...

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Breaking the Rules

List, list, O, list!~William Shakespeare, Hamlet Mom and I had our arms up to our elbows in warm, sudsy water, washing dishes from our Thanksgiving dinner. Mom had just shared how much she liked my boyfriend, John. It was the first time my family had met him, and Mom had beamed when John presented her with a bouquet of freshly cut flowers. Dad had taken such an instant liking that he asked Jo...

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