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Growing Pains

“Jesus took Daddy home,” Cheryl McGuinness told her 14-year-old son and 16-year-old daughter.

The news that their father, Tom, had died was not only unexpected, but was tragic and publicly known world-wide.

Tom McGuinness Jr. was the first officer on American Airlines Flight 11, the first plane hijacked and flown into the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. Continue reading

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WORD OF THE WEEK: Self-Control

Self control

Rage, anger and a lack of civility seems to dominate a segment of our society. Or at least it makes the news!

A Texas mother slapped the mother of a girl on the winning basketball team who beat her daughter’s team.

A Florida baseball coach broke an umpire’s jaw after a disputed call.

A transatlantic flight from Rome to Chicago was recently diverted when a 42-year-old man threw a fit when he couldn’t get any more snacks because the crew ran out of crackers. Continue reading

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