Christmas Morning 1989 Ice Cold in Miami Memoir
Editor John Hendler recalls Christmas 1989 in Miami when a cold 30 degree morning preceded a life saving moment. While working at a small motivational radio station he took a crisis call from a college acquaintance traveling across the country. The caller, pregnant and abandoned, spoke through a six hour shift, miscarriage followed, and later reached out by email years later sharing ongoing struggles and thoughts of self harm.
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Mercury
Marshall
Zig Ziglar
Leo Buscaglia
Wayne Dyer
Motivation
the Winners News Network
Dallas
Los Angeles
California
Las Vegas
L.A
O.K
Esaver
Favorite Christmas Memory Keepsake Moments
Reflections on cherished holiday memories highlight time with family. One recalls a homecoming from the Marine Corps that delighted a young boy, while another recalls gatherings at Grandma Donna’s by Lyon Lake with decorations games and ice viewing.
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Donna
Lyon Lake
Martha Stewart
Letters Marshall Christmas City Praise for Mary Tinsley Young
A reader thanks Mary Tinsley Young for another Christmas production at Maple Grove Church. The writer praises the assembled musicians and the harmonious ensemble, saying Marshall truly is the Christmas City and expressing gratitude for the gift felt by all.
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The
Christmas City
Maple Grove Church
The true meaning of Christmas and God’s gift
A devotional message reflects on the meaning of Christmas, urging readers to seek forgiveness, value God’s gift of Jesus Christ, and imitate divine love by giving and thanking God for blessings. It emphasizes parental love as a mercy model and invites prayer.
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Jesus Christ
God
Oaklawn Hospital credited with saving a life in Marshall
A reader praises Oaklawn Hospital Marshall for saving a one year old nephew who aspirated a peanut in October 2009. The child was stabilized by Oaklawn staff and transferred to Burgess, with Burgess doctors assisting in Marshall to fetch him by ambulance. The child is now healthy at age two, and the writer notes the importance of Oaklawn’s continued operation.
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Oaklawn Hospital
Marshall
Burgess
Battle Creek
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