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Making Decisions
I stopped my car on the white “V” where two major highways merged outside of Chicago. While traffic roared by on both sides, I stared at the sign above the busy tollway. Do I go right
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When Tragedy Strikes
I picked up the phone. “Hi, Mom, what’s up?” “I have sad news, Beth.” Her voice shook a little. She took an audible breath. “Your Uncle Dick died of complication
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Look for the Silver Lining
“If you have to do it, you might as well find something good about it!” Of course, my father was referring to the chores he had assigned to me when I was living at home. But that little
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Plucked from the Storm
Dark clouds boiled up on the far side of lake Winnebago. From a crowded public diving raft, Mary and I watched them head our way. On shore, speakers mounted on the bathhouse crackled, “All sw