In the USA, it is known as Veterans’ Day. In Canada, it is known as Remembrance Day. When I was a youngster, it was just another holiday — a day when stores were closed and more importantly, there was no school. I knew about the war, but I was free to play. I knew people [...]
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You wouldn’t think Christian people would say bad things about each other. But they do. At Eric and Pammy’s church, some of the kids gossiped a lot. Usually it was silly stuff but sometimes some of the kids acted snooty to some of the other kids in the Sunday School class even though Mrs. Wallace [...]
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Brandon and Sean loved superheroes. They loved Superman and Batman and the Fantastic Four and dozens and dozens more. They rooms were overflowing with action figures and comic books of all of the most amazing super heroes in the imaginary world and they knew their names and their stories to the tiniest little detail. “Tell [...]
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Misty Mountain was the most perfect place there could be for two young bears to grow up together. Benji and Bambi were the happiest bear cubs on the mountain when they were tiny. All the forest creatures knew when it was playtime because they ran through the forest, stumbling over everything, chasing anything and never [...]
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In honor of my dad who is in a better place now, I am presenting this story and poem. Anyone who knew my dad would have to agree: He was “different.” He worked as a pipe-fitter for the Canadian Pacific Railway for nearly fifteen years. He was scoffed at by his fellow-employees; yet he never [...]
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