Students at South Euless Elementary start every day the same way: with a warm greeting from their counselor, Stacy Cave. On the morning of our film shoot — which took place during Red Ribbon Week, a national anti-drug campaign that usually involves thematic costume days — Cave stands at the splitting point of the school’s…

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We have a strange tradition here in HEB. One that sees employees from city governments, our school district, and a few local businesses line up for the chance the haul a bus across the parking lot at Pennington Field by hand. And it’s one of the most powerful, unifying things our community does all year.…

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BEDFORD — It’s 9:30 am on a Friday, but there is already a crowd at Pennington Field. City officials from maintenance teams to Mayors wander the pavement beside the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District stadium. As ten o’clock draws near, they begin to swirl and separate. School busses arrive, each welcomed with a garland of cargo…

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For Athena, the magic of the season is inextricably tied to childhood. As wondrous as it can be, however, it’s also a period of high pressure. As a mother of three, she wants to pass along the miraculous spirit of the holiday. The only trouble is that, by the final month of the year, there…

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Athena and her husband moved from Southern California to North Texas in anticipation of their second son. Five years later, another baby threw the balance out again. For this family, Christmas often looms on the horizon instead of beckoning. But just when it looks like the magic is gone — right when the holiday stress…

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