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- To Any Service Member
- During the Persian Gulf War， I was stationed aboard the naval amphibious ship USS Nassau. As a senior Marine intelligence analyst， my workdays were routinely twelve to sixteen hours long. Like a...
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- The Inspiration of the Football Huddle
- I saw my first professional football game at age twelve， when the Los Angeles Rams were playing in the Coliseum. This experience fueled my dream of one day playing pro football. I wanted to be...
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- Lady,Are You Rich?
- They huddled inside the storm door-two children in ragged outgrown coats. "Any old papers， lady？" I was busy. I wanted to say no-until I looked down at their feet. Thin little sandals， sopp...
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- The Santa Claus on I-40
- The wipers struggled to push the heavy， wet snowflakes off the windshield while they kept rhythm to Wllie Nelson singing "On the Road Again." Trint hit the eject button on the tape player. H...
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- The World's Greatest Stand-Up Comedian
- My bubbe， may she rest in peace， was one sharp lady. If she'd been born in a different time and place， she could have been president of the United States-or the world's greatest stand-up come...
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- We are Family
- When I broke up with yet another boyfriend， this time after a three year relationship， I decided it was time for me to face the facts-I was just not lucky in love. Yet even though I had given up...
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- The Fortune Cookie Prophecy
- There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved； it is God's finger on man's shoulder. ――Charles Morgan I was married three times before I was seven years old. My...
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- Have Freedom,Will Travel
- I had a ticket. I had my passport. And he had cold feet. I might have known fairy tales don't come true. Seven months out of my marriage， I had met the "great love of my life." We dated a ye...
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- A Coke and a Smile
- I know now that the man who sat with me on the old wooden stairs that hot summer night over thirty-five cars ago was not a tall man. But to a five-year-old， he as a giant. We sat side by side， w...
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- Robbie's Mission
- Every April， my school's eighth-grade class travels to Washington， D.C.， for their class trip. It's a long ride from New Jersey， but it's always exciting to get to visit places so importan...
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- My Favorite Baseball Card
- I had been an avid baseball card collector as a youth， often collecting and selling drink bottles to pay for my packs. I remember sitting on the floor and arranging the cards for hours， putting...
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- The Baggy Yellow Shirt
- The baggy yellow shirt had long sleeves， four extra large pockets trimmed in black thread and snaps up the front. Not terribly attractive， but utilitarian without a doubt. I found it in December...
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- The Mitzvah
- It was fall 1945， and I returned to Vienna with the first American occupation troops. I had been there three months earlier as an interpreter of German for a special mission assigned to negotia...
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- More than a Friend
- Louisville， Kentucky is a place where basketball is an important part of life， and taking my son to an NBA exhibition game is very special. Little did I realize how special the evening was going...
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- Whistling Pete
- The American flag， fireworks， friends， picnics， chicken， hot dogs， baked beans， parades， bands and celebrations are all part of the Fourth of July. That early summer holiday， we pause to honor a time i...
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- The Best Time of My Life
- It was June 15， and in two days I would be turning thirty. I was insecure about entering a new decade of my life and feared that my best years were now behind me. My daily routine included g...
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- Dinner Out
- As my bride of many years greeted me one evening， her voice blasted through the door， "Guess what？" I always take a deep breath on this very leading question. "What？" I asked. "I just won a...
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- Thelma
- Even at the age of 75， Thelma was very vivacious and full of life. When her husband passed away， her children suggested that she move to a "senior living community." A gregarious and life-loving...
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- Happy Holidays
- In prison， holidays are the worst. Birthdays， anniversaries， Thanksgiving， Christmas， even Valentine's Day can be a "bummer." It's difficult and painful to be away from those we love-to be left out...
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- A Mother's Letter to a Son Starting Kindergarten
- Dear George， When your big brother and your little dog and I walked you up to school today， you had no idea how I was feeling. You were so excited， you had packed and unpacked the washable mark...
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- Grandfather's Clock
- In the dining room of my grandfather's house stood a massive grandfather clock. Meals in that dining room were a time for four generations to become one. The table was always spread with food...
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- Pegasus's Wings
- Dear George， I've always loved horses， and for some time I'd been looking for a volunteer opportunity in my new community. The idea that I might be able to pursue both interests at once h...
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- Working Christmas Day
- It was an unusually quiet day in the emergency room December twenty？fifth. Quiet， that is， except for the s who were standing around the nurses' station grumbling about having to work Christmas D...
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- Have Freedom, Will Travel
- I had a ticket. I had my passport. And he had cold feet. I might have known fairy tales don't come true. Seven months out of my marriage， I had met the "great love of my life." We dated a year....
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- Dear God, This Is Charles
- Dear God， This is Charles. I turned twelve the other day. If you noticed， I'm typing this letter. Sometimes it's hard for me to write， you know. It's this thing called dysgraphia. I also have...
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