It is my birthday month which is wonderful, but it is also the month school resumes which feels like a balloon slowly deflating. I remember getting jeans for my birthday every year because I needed them for school. There is nothing exciting ...
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Day #214
On the day Guy was born, his uncles were at a baseball game. One of them signed and dated the scorecard, “Happy birth date to Guy, Uncle Stan Musial.”
Guy’s connection to sports and scores was sealed from day one, with a Hall of Famer ...
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O Captain! My Captain!
“Who are you and where are you going?”
Answering the two-part question was the first assignment for sophomores taking Mr. Nichols’ English class at Kickapoo High School. I was rather intimidated by the task in front of me. What 16-year old ...
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Day #213
I asked Kristen to play catch because I knew she would understand.
A soccer player in college, she was once the only girl on her Boys & Girls Club baseball team.
“I was the only ponytail on the field.”
Twenty-five years ago, Kristen ...
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Day #212
Adam runs.
Not just simple, easy, walk-in-the-park 5Ks.
Adam runs crazy long distances. He’s still warming up by the time he’s run a marathon.
“The longest distance I’ve run is 100 miles. Finished it in 28 hours and 15 minutes.”
It’s ...
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