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"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the...
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In 2008, a therapist I'd never met decided to have it in for me. A protege had recounted to him how I'd helped her, telling this story to him not to gripe about me, but to affirm how helpful, how...
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The Budget Control Act of 2011 (S. 365), is perhaps most notably known for its provisions that raise the debt ceiling by at least $2.1 trillion through 2013. However, in order to offset the...
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Argus Dowdy, the best living prayer-pipe maker, is passing his skills down to me. For a few weeks now, I've traveled to his home every weekend in Skiatook, Oklahoma, about 3 hours away. He's helping...
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After two years of planning and development, Letters To Survivors is on its way to the printer/distributor! 136 pages of full color, edge-to-edge artwork, in what will become a gorgeous gift...
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River's girl cat ruined her leg and will have to lose it. He cried and cried. The amputation will cost $800, and that's Christmas shopping money. The vet thinks she jumped and got it caught, and it...
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Here's the basic story. I had come out of my building and saw a man carrying a woman by her throat, savagely pummeling her as he dragged her toward his pickup truck. I shouted at him, the gist of...
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Admit something:Everyone you see, you say to them, "Love me."Of course, you do not do this out loud; Otherwise,Someone would call the cops.Still, though, think about this,This great...
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I'll be away from civilization doing a prayer/fast ceremony next week.You're on your own. Don't become "Where The Wild Things Are"!
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One of the trade-offs of my new job is that rather than working directly with survivors, I work within the "system" of our state to develop victim-care programs. It's meaningful and necessary work,...
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I have taught people, every day, to affirm their own worth, to see themselves as worthy and sacred. I have taught people every day that being proud of themselves is not arrogance, which has been a...
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I'd like to use this journal to periodically process some of my feelings about losing my mom a week ago. Mom made it 10 11:50 PM on April 16; ten more minutes and it would have been my birthday. I...
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Was just notified that mom's surgery is complete. No bypass was needed, just a valve repair. This was frightening to us because she was precariously unhealthy going in to surgery: failing kidneys,...
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Rape rates in Oklahoma seem to be starting a decine:2006 1,4842007 1,5582008 1,453Over 1 in 8 adult women, or nearly 174,000 adult women in Oklahoma has been the victim of forcible rape sometime in...
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It seems that we have a really difficult time in our culture calling rape "rape." Plus we are inclined to give celebrities a free pass when it comes to sexual assault. In a recent reference to Kobe...
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