by Kevin Burton What I see 20 feet away, you can see 200 feet away. By definition therefore, I am legally blind. So you would think, all other things being equal, my career as a jaywalker could/should be painfully short, or maybe even disastrously shortened. I was very nearly run over by …
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Blind Woman To Wed After Triple Transplant
By Ernie Mundell HealthDay News Stricken with cancer in infancy, Jessica Lopez endured tumor-fighting treatments that saved her young life but also left her with lasting heart damage. By the time she reached her early 30s, Lopez, who was left blind by her cancer, also found herself in triple-organ failure — her heart, …
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Putting Sharks And Problems In Their Place
by Kevin Burton My good friend Tracy sends out riddles and brain-teasers that challenge the mind, thoughts that make me ponder. This one made me laugh out loud. It was a trick question, under the heading “Drowning”: “Imagine you are in a sinking rowboat surrounded by sharks. How would you survive?” …
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Handle These Dangerous Foods With Care
by Dictionary Scoop There are a number of foods that, despite their popularity and many health benefits, can put you in danger if undercooked or consumed in excess. Check out our list of foods that, although commonly eaten, can be surprisingly dangerous. 1-Potatoes Mashed, fried, or baked, potatoes offer endless possibilities. As …
Weighing Philippians 1:21 “To Live Is Christ”
by Kevin Burton When people think of you, what comes first to their mind? Or asked another way, what should go into the first paragraph of your obituary? I’m asking these questions today in the context of devotion to Christ, and Phil. 1:21 where the Apostle Paul writes “For to me to live …
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Good News Network, Home Away From Home?
by Kevin Burton Every once in a while I have camped out on the website of the Good News Network as I am doing today, to cheer up Page 7 readers and myself alike. Maybe I should visit more often. God bless whoever came up with this idea. You can get any …
Adorable Animals That Are Secretly Vicious
by Kristina Wright interestingfacts.com Beneath the adorable exteriors of many wild animals lies a beastly side that’s anything but sweet. The traits that can make an animal seem endearing can also mask a more aggressive nature, one that’s driven by their survival instincts and the protection of their young. When we think of …
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Boom, Boom: Fireworks Store Erupts In Flames
by Kevin Burton You hear this phrase a lot: “don’t judge.” Well in this case, go ahead. Be my guest. Judge, and jump in with both feet, or both wagging index fingers, if you want to. I don’t care. On our first regional beep baseball trip, to Indianapolis in late May, I …
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A Little Good News To Warm Your Heart
by Kevin Burton A Michigan seventh-grader steered his schoolmates and himself out of danger by taking the wheel of an out-of-control school bus. The story of Dillon Reeves’ quick thinking is one of two stories we present today from the Good News Network. There is abundant gloom and doom coming from news outlets. …
Explosive Goods Under My Christmas Tree
by Kevin Burton One of the Christmas gifts I was given this year by a family friend, came in a bag with a green and white label. Ostensibly it’s a healthy snack. I now wonder if this “gift” was in fact a hostile act. It’s suspicious anyway. I’ve been doing some research. …
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