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by Meagan Frank
Susan Maushart shut off the electricity, removed computer and television screens from the house, stored the video games, hid the mobile devices of her three teenaged children, and reluctantly stashed her beloved iPhone…for six months. She purposefully silenced all electronics, not because her children had done anything wrong, nor because she was a bored 50-year-old single mother. No, Maushart pulled the plug on modern technology because Henry David Thoreau, among other writers, inspired her to do it. […]
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by Meagan Frank
Aron Ralston was recovering in the hospital when the calls and emails began to flood in from around the world. He was that guy who had cut off his own hand to save himself from a lonely death in a narrow canyon. Aron’s decision to amputate saved his life, and he was left with a choice about what to do with the second chance he had been given. One of the decisions he made was to write his own book. […]
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by Meagan Frank
The doctors were deciding how to best save her life, and Lori McElrath-Eslick wanted nothing more than an image to distract her. Her visit to the doctor started as a routine check of a narrow heart-valve she has had since birth, but instead, her doctor found an unrelated and potentially fatal bulge in her artery. Often referred to as the silent killer, the discovery of the aneurysm changed everything for Lori. […]
