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Why Broken Child Mended Man: Part II

“Why did you end the book without including your wonderful family?” I’ve received many variations of that question, so it’s become necessary to address it

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Chapter 13: Toward Self-Actualization

Renowned psychologist, Abraham Maslow once stated, “What man can be, he must be. This is self-actualization.” In Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, self-actualization is at the

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Chapter 12: Lost in Transition

This following is a test of Adam’s Emergency Determination System. This is only a test.  —————————— To date, I can only recall two other years

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Chapter 11: Out-of-Body Experiment

It’s unusual to meet a couple in their early thirties who have been married for over 12 years already, but that’s describes my wife and

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Chapter 10: Coming of Age

After working all summer, I approached my junior year more free spirited than the previous.  The weight of not knowing what to expect was removed

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Chapter 9: Lessons in Gripping

Lessons in Gripping details my freshman year at Eastern Mennonite University. It was an opportunity I’d worked so hard to achieve, yet I spent little or

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Point of Controversy: Race Matters

Currently, our country is at a conscientious crossroads when it comes to race matters.  The influx of white hate groups since the inauguration of our first black

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Chapter 8: Lord Willin’

“Lord willing and the creek don’t rise” is another idiom I used and it simply means, if all goes well or barring unforeseen events. In

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Chapter 7: Sporting Chance

After my transformation and charting a new course toward college, I finally started the process of accepting who I was becoming. There was still some doubt to

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Chapter 6: Trial by Fire

When I finally decided to straighten out my life, no one told me to beware of the impending rat race. I was paying more attention