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I was involved in a car accident while working my police job...
As our guests were leaving, I ran ahead to open their car door...
My son, Rocky, was adopted from Africa when he was almost 5...
On the afternoon of September 21, 2021, I fell ill at work...
I faced a mountain side...
I remember my mother telling me take the dates to the tailor-lady about 4 km away from our home...
I was 19 and working for a dairy farmer...
I was at a friend's house with three of my friends...
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I went on a weekend white water trip with friends on the Gauly and New Rivers in rural West Virginia...
We were all training on combative techniques...
Excerpt from my personal essay on the subject published on openeyes1031...
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After a day of passing blood, I went to the hospital emergency department...
