I’m as anti-smoking as any non-smoker. So it was a surprise when I found myself tempted to buy a pack of cigarettes for someone Monday afternoon. Better explain: As I waited at the Rhode Island platform to catch the Red Line, and old guy in an old-fashioned, manual wheelchair asked me for some change for lunch. [...]
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What an amazing way to spend Veterans’ Day! My husband and I were invited to attend the Mission Serve kickoff event at George Washington University. Part of the ServeNation coalition, Mission Serve is the civilian-military initiative comprised of 33 partnerships (mostly non-profits and NGOs) committed to serve the men and women of the armed forces, [...]
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July, I think, is our most patriotic month. Maybe it’s the explosion of fireworks on the fourth day, or that all of America turns red, white and blue, or that last weekend my husband and I were lucky enough to see Tiger Woods honor military veterans throughout the week as he played and won the [...]
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A quiet June Sunday morning in Warrenton, Virginia started out as any other with church services being held nearby. At approximately 1045 the drone of radial engines in formation was heard overhead announcing the arrival of the National Capitol Squadron (NCS) of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF). NCS members with their trademark blue shirts marshaled [...]
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Our glass of life can be either half-full or half-empty, depending on what we see. And with that, my holiday gift to you is three short vignettes of a few people whose glass is always half full. Enjoy.
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Sarah is your typical 25 years old, trying to balance school, marriage, work and sanity. [...]
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