Gary McKamie was 19 years old when he started working for the City of Euless, and he had no idea what was in store for him at the time. He didn’t know what the next step would be. He didn’t have a long-term plan. He had no idea if and when he would leave the…

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It’s always the little things that get us. An old note. A long-lost toy. A single rose. The smallest expressions of love and humanity often carry the greatest weight because they cut through the haze and confusion of emotion and strike a resonant chord inside of us. Sometimes, a note is not just a note;…

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As a student, there are few things more exciting than the end of a school year. The summer stretches before you with limitless potential. Yearbooks make their rounds and the soft melancholy of impending separation from acquaintances is cut through by close friendships that will carry into the warmer months. With long days of sunshine…

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BEDFORD — As the clouds break and the morning sun bursts through onto our parking lot, a contingent of volunteers stands ready. It’s Day 2 of the Spring Community Powered Revitalization (CPR) Blitz, and over 1,200 volunteers are on hand to bring much-needed relief to their neighbors. A sizable portion of those men and women…

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There’s an old saying about the difference between being called to something and being equipped for it. We usually assume that a calling follows the equipping and that the equipping is very intentional. Sometimes, though, we find ourselves at the front of something we never thought we’d do. In those instances, hindsight almost always reveals…

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