(EXTRA) ORDINARY PEOPLE

RUDOLPH’S WALLET

​​​​​The world (at least our part of it) is divided into two camps – those who want to be surprised on Christmas morning and those …

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STUDENT TEACHERS

They came bouncing into our classrooms with buckets of enthusiasm, ready to take on the world of Shuksan Jr. High. Little did we realize, struggling …

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FOUR FEET OF HERO

Benjamin Lay was his name. Long ago, when slavery was accepted by just about everyone as a brutal fact of life, this four foot tall …

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I’LL WALK YOU HALFWAY HOME

Barbara and Diane became lifelong friends in elementary school. As it turned out, they lived just down the road from each other on the Bakerview …

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THE LONG WAY HOME

She’s just starting into 2nd. grade, cruising toward her eighth birthday. Her mom and dad kindly let us “borrow” her and her sister from time …

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Uber Ride

Recently, on a visit to our daughter’s home in Virginia, we experienced a slightly harrowing ride from Ronald Reagan Airport to her home an hour …

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