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Bill Fortenberry
Sep 14, 20222 min read
before rushing ahead to christmas, let's stop and be grateful
NOVEMBER 2017 - It’s two days before Thanksgiving, and I am as giddy as a kid on Christmas Eve. My boy, my musician, my college...
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Bill Fortenberry
Sep 14, 20223 min read
life is coming full circle
I met Dr. Kristie Kemper in 1982. She was my journalism advisor my freshman year of college. We’ve stayed in touch over the years, mainly...
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Bill Fortenberry
Sep 2, 20222 min read
lessons from the game
SEPTEMBER 2016 - The sky is blue. The weather is warm, but not too hot. The stands are divided by colors. The band plays. The crowd leans...
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Bill Fortenberry
Sep 2, 20223 min read
fostering otis
SEPTEMBER 2016 - Welcome, September. I knew you were coming, but it sure took you a while. In the waiting, we moved my boy back to...
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Bill Fortenberry
Aug 26, 20222 min read
last day
MAY 2016 - Friday, May 20 was the last day of school here in our little city. At our house, that means it was the last day of Autumn's...
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Bill Fortenberry
Aug 25, 20224 min read
hard times with the good, good father
UPDATE: Nearly seven years ago, it felt like the rug had been pulled out from beneath us. I was never 100 percent certain that God was...
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Bill Fortenberry
Aug 13, 20225 min read
move-in day: lesson in faithfulness
AUGUST 2016 - We drove the 200 or so miles and pulled in front of Belmont Mansion where a chipper young coed with copper hair took E's...
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Bill Fortenberry
Aug 13, 20222 min read
the last breakfast
AUGUST 2015 - It didn't hit me until I was in the middle of my summer Saturday routine. Walking back and forth, cutting horizontal...
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