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The Alumni Banquet

"A good time to connect the past with the present"

Around July 4th every year, my wife’s rural high school hosts an alumni banquet.  Unlike my high school, with nearly 500 students in every class, the classes at her high school generally numbered around fifty students, making an open banquet...

Passion Rekindled

"can we relight the passion that burned out long ago"

It was a cold winters night, the sky was crystal clear. We were snuggled under a blanket, on the couch. In the chimney, the flames cast a warm glow as the fire roared drowning the howl of the wind outside.The...