FEBRUARY ISSUE 2026
“My story begins with love, the kind of love that shapes everything that comes after. I was blessed to be raised by a loving mother and father who taught us the most important values of life. They showed us that God comes first, then family, and that we always had to look out for each other, no matter what was . . .”
“Today is a lot different from what it was when I was brought up. You had to come home from school and get a shovel and go down to the cellar and get coal, bring it upstairs. Take it in the dining room. That’s where this little pot stove was, and that coal would keep the rest of the house . . .”
“that born-again experience is the foundation for everything that came after. some people will relate to it. it is a relationship with god through the holy spirit. as a catholic, that’s what I experienced, but I’m sure it can transfer over to any faith, or even to a . . .”
“I had borrowed a friend’s scooter and was riding around the block. Now, the blocks are somewhat different in Toronto than they are here in Saint Louis. They’re only maybe a quarter of a mile around all four sides; and I was on the opposite side of my street on the next street over. I fell and . . .”
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