We have been conditioned as Americans to consider Thanksgiving from one single historical perspective based upon the New England Thanksgiving event. Certainly, our commemoration and
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Many of you have undoubtedly had profound experiences with death so perhaps you will not only relate to my experiences with death but find my
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strength A few weeks ago, I visited a very devout aunt of mine in the hospital. But I had forgotten what kind of person this
tornado I grew up in a Colorado that is without mountains. That might seem hard to imagine. Growing up on a thousand-acre Northeastern Colorado farm
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