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Driving home from my job at Oregon Caves National Monument, I realized I needed milk and so made an unplanned stop at a market in Selma, Oregon that would change my life. As I was leaving the market, two little girls approached me. “Miss, Miss — we have two little…
Continue readingWhere it is green just a few days ago, there are now hundreds of them. Spots of yellow dotting the hillside alongside our house. As soon as the sun comes up, their rays of sunshine open up, facing up towards the sky, lapping up the sunshine. Dusk descends, and their…
Continue readingBeep! Beep! Beep! goes my cell phone alarm at 5 a.m. It’s one thing getting up early to go to work, but another on a holiday when by all rights I should be sound asleep at this hour. But noooo… I drag myself out of bed into the bathroom for…
Continue readingAfter a hard run, I wanted nothing more than to soak my aching legs in a nice, hot bath. I walked upstairs into the master bath, and turned the faucet on. Going back into the bedroom, I laid on the bed, feeling sweaty and tired. I couldn’t wait to climb…
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