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“I’ve spent a lot of time in your head this week.”

That’s what my radiation oncologist said last Friday in a surprise phone call. After seven weeks of chemo to shrink the tumor in my sinus, the radiologist said he was making adjustments in his plan to zap what has become a smaller target. That was great news, but more than that I appreciate a commitment to my case that had him spending long hours studying scans of the inside of my noggin.

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For Wilshire Baptist Church

My first job out of college was at the Waco Tribune-Herald as a general assignment and late-night police reporter. No surprises there; that’s where newspaper newbies started out. But, my work days were 4 p.m. to midnight, and my weekends were Tuesdays and Wednesdays. I was out of sync with the world, so when I was offered a regular daytime beat, I jumped at the opportunity.

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For Wilshire Baptist Church

“Fig!” That’s what I shouted across the backyard to LeAnn on a Saturday in early April, which made her turn with the same look she gets when I say, “Snake!” So, I said it again more slowly and with more information, “We have a fig,” and she came running to see for herself.

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