Tag: sacrifice
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The Unspoken Promise: Navigating the Messy Middle
In 1914, explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton set out to cross Antarctica on foot. However, his ship, Endurance, became trapped and crushed by sea ice as it slowly sank. He and his crew were stranded for nearly two years! At some point, during their ordeal, everyone’s goal had to change. They were no longer explorers but…
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A Different Kind of Hero
When his younger brother went off to war in 1942, my grandfather, a bookkeeper, became a reluctant cotton farmer. Their dad was unable to manage 160 acres by himself. So Raymond, my grandfather, came back home to help. Trading ledger books for leather gloves doesn’t sound like that big of a deal. But PaPaw, as…
Davids Daily Dose 