October 16, 2019

The Old Ball Game (2 of 2)

"One Saturday morning, I had gone down to Jerry and Donny Ford’s. I got down there and they were out in their front yard playing catch. They said, ‘They’re having Little League tryouts today.’ I said, ‘Wow!’ (to myself) and I thought, ‘I’m going to try out.’ I asked if they would give me a …

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October 14, 2019

The Old Ball Game (1 of 2)

“I’ve always had a passion for baseball. The Cardinals have always been my team… and as a nine year-old back in ‘51, I got to see Musial play in old Sportsman Park. And every evening at home, my dad and I would sit on the back porch and listened to Harry Carey and Gabby Street… …

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October 12, 2019

Fixers

“I think a lot of the people in law enforcement, they want to be able to fix things. Luckily, I get to train new guys. So one thing I tell them is, ‘I’m not gonna start preaching to you, but think about doing some volunteer work. Think about doing something in the community, because when …

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October 9, 2019

Sadness

"I lost my girlfriend. I lost my mom. I’m just down in the dumps."
October 7, 2019

Heart of a Champion

"I watched the movie 'Rocky' when I was 11 years old, and what I saw was a guy who got beaten up but he did not give up to get what he wanted. That's when I decided to get involved in Mixed Martial Arts, or MMA. "Have I gotten hurt? One time I was going …

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October 3, 2019

The Future’s Unwritten

"I am from near Charleston, Missouri. I grew up on a horse farm; my family bought and sold quarter horses and farmed the land. I moved away for ten years to Columbia, Missouri, and then moved back to teach. I take art classes. That's one thing I'm interested in, and in fact, recently I've thought, …

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September 27, 2019

Homecoming

“After I graduated, I tried finding a job with my degree [Global Studies]. I was really interested in moving to New York City or Washington DC because there's a lot of international organizations over there, and I feel like my degree would be more suited and I would fit in better. I had not even …

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September 25, 2019

Life in Black and White

“I was born with blue cone monochromacy, which is a really rare eye disease. I'm completely color blind; I'm on the line of legally blind with contacts, but without my contacts I'm 2400, which is way over legally blind. It’s kind of hard to explain to people what I see, because they always ask me, …

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