"I'm the first person in my family to graduate from college. I changed my major five times. I didn't take school seriously for the first three attempts. What I learned during those years was to weed people out of your life- purge the toxicity. I now have a very high criteria for friends: honesty, transparency …

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"Isn't it a cool plant? It's beautiful, I think. You walk through here and you're harvesting, and now it's at the point where you have to pull it down. It's a little uncomfortable, but it's better than bending over! So, I just love it. All these beneficial insects love it. The bees are constantly on …

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"I took my great-grandson to church last week. I was singing along and he looked up at me and said, 'Nay-Nay, you can't sing.' I said, 'Well, we're sitting with the old people, and they can't hear.' There's nothing like your grandchildren to keep you humble."

"I was like, 'This is the time to change.' School wasn't doing really good. Then I changed my major, and applied to a few schools around that town. I didn't get in, and then I applied to SEMO. One of my good friends was going to school here, and he said, 'Hey, try applying here.' …

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"I've lived in Cape my whole life; I went to Cape Central High School, and I never really did a whole lot until the end. And I kind of regret that; I wish I'd have gotten more involved and gotten to know more people. "But I'm a community college now here in town, on an …

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"I had a kind of a traumatic experience from my childhood that inspired my first exhibition of paintings I ever showed as a painter called 'Rampant.' I've always had a powerfully terrified relationship with nature. I get anxiety sometimes around severe thunderstorms or things like that. When I was around 9 years old, my family …

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"I love the candy! My favorite is Reese's Cups; Pieces just dont cut it!" - SEMO Fair Parade; Cape Girardeau, Missouri