By Tony Garcia Not Everyone Will See Things Your Way and 16 Other Things to Remember
Things to remember: 1. There are times you must consciously remember to breathe. 2. Remember how important “please” and “thank…
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By Celeste Yvonne To the Coach Who Benched Me, Thanks For Teaching Me About Life
Dear Coach, In high school, I hated you. My parents hated you, too—especially my dad. You and he had a…
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By Clint Edwards Teach Your Son What Love Looks Like
When I asked my 11-year-old son to help me unload dirt from our small pickup into his mother’s new garden…
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By Kyle Means The Lesson I’ll Never Forget From My Black Middle School Teacher
I’d like to begin this article by admitting something I’ve been ashamed of for a long time: my third-grade soccer…
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By Stephanie Lawrence The Simple Life Gives Us Everything We Need
This picture of my grandpa and me was taken well over 20 years ago. It was taken on one of…
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Dear Kids, Someday You’ll Need to Know Exactly What You’re Learning Right Now
Dear kids, Someday you'll need to know exactly what you're learning right now. I'm not talking about math or spelling…
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By Katie Gale The Advice George Bush Gave Me in Grad School Seems Even More Important Today
I was lucky enough to earn my master's degree at a presidential library. This alone was pretty amazing, but the…
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By Patrick Danz Sometimes You Need a Reminder that Experience is the Best Teacher
“You don’t tug on Superman’s cape.” Jim Croce made that abundantly clear, in addition to a host of other don’ts…
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By Cody Gerlach Valuable Life Lessons Are Found in Sports Stories
Sports are awesome. It was a great weekend in my house with competitive athletics at the forefront. Sometimes, the love…
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By Greg Stegeman 5 Life Lessons to Take From Super Bowl LIV
Super Bowl LIV between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers has come and gone. In case you weren’t…
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By Jeremy Barnes I’m Teaching My Kids Early to Respect Adults
I’ve been working at the same place since I was 17 years old, a long, long, time ago. Over that…
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By Vicki Bahr My Grandmother Left Me Her Love
We were sitting at my sister’s birthday lunch, waiting for a few stragglers to make it to the restaurant before…
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