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Blind Couple Reunited With Baby Taken Away by State

by Tom Henderson, Posted Jul 23rd 2010 5:09PM

Erika Johnson and Blake Sinnett's daughter, Mikaela Sinnett, was returned to them after 57 days in foster care. Credit: David Eulitt, Kansas City Star / MCT
Erika Johnson and Blake Sinnett of Missouri had a baby. For two days. Then they had a ...
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Lemon the Duck Ends Up in the Library

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jan 1st 2009 4:00PM

What do you do when one of the ducks you hatched in your kindergarten class turns out to have a neurological disorder? You write a book about it, of course. Actually, it's not quite that simple. Laura Backman has taken care of Lemon the Duck for two ...
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A Little More: To ask, or not to ask

by Jennifer Graf Groneberg, Posted Jul 10th 2008 8:00AM

The man at the library, walking with 2 canes, drags his thin, weak legs behind him up to the water fountain, and one of my boys asks, "What's wrong with him?" I lift my finger to my mouth in the universal sign for "shhhh." All 3 of my children ...
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A fear of schools

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted May 20th 2008 12:06PM

I wouldn't call it fear, but I probably do have a phobia regarding creams and lotions. I get pretty wigged out when I have to deal with them. This also applies to foods like sour cream and soft cheeses. Still, this isn't the most unusual phobia I've ...
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Boys hit by a car now racing cars

by Nicole Teed, Posted Mar 13th 2008 8:03AM

David Eustace and his friend Jonathan Schores seem like most other preteen boys, until you notice their limps. Both sustained disabling leg injuries after being hit by a car, and now both race go carts for fun. Their cars have been outfitted with a ...
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Enjoy your time with your children

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Jul 12th 2007 10:10AM

Gee, that sounds logical. Like no one ever thought of that. Still, I got your attention, no? I'm writing today because an interesting era of my life, albeit a small one, is about to come to an end. Really, it's more like a crashing halt, and one ...
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Dyslexic teen avoids gas pumps, counsels others

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Apr 17th 2007 12:23PM

It's amazing the power teachers have. Unfortunately, a bad teacher can quite easily destroy a kid with a simple, callous remark. Luckily, Evan Paul was a pretty robust, strong kid and when of his teachers told him that the world needs people to man ...
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"My dad is the Father of the Century"

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Oct 20th 2006 1:31PM

I'm glad I was working at home when I came across this story; most of my co-workers are not the sorts who think very highly of a grown man crying. This is a pretty cool story of a man whose love for his son drove him -- literally -- to Herculean ...
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