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Good morning SLAYER! This present moment is all we have. New blog goes up Tuesday, until then… SLAY on!

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Carrying A Message Of Hope

I was fortunate, during my darkest days, that to have someone carry a message of hope to me. It didn’t come as a big proclamation but as a simple retelling of someone’s journey. The message within that story resonated with me as I related to what that person’s life had been like before he sought […]

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The Zoom screen opened at 10:45 a.m. Samantha Crowel’s mom and dad walked her into the frame. She wore a short white dress and held a bouquet of white roses. Samantha Crowel’s grandfather Santo Giovanni Melchiorre, 96, was stuck in a rehab center in Fort Myers, Fla., when Crowel married Austin Kiesel on April 18. […]

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Two therapy alpacas in California paid a visit to the elderly residents of an assisted living home to cheer them up during lockdown — while maintaining social distancing, of course. Kronk and Kuzco — whose names were inspired by the 2000 Disney film “The Emperor’s New Groove” — are two of Helen Woodward Animal Center’s […]

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Good morning SLAYER! Kindness, somebody who brings warmth and value to somebody with no expectation of return. SLAY on!

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Health care workers at UnityPoint Health have always focused on showing patients how much they matter to this world. Now, as they serve on the front lines of the coronavirus crisis, the community is returning the favor. “If you are leaving, thank you for what you just did,” reads a colorful chalk message aimed at […]

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“People are a little discouraged,” said Buriel, a substitute teacher who filed for unemployment after schools closed. “They can’t do their normal daily activities. I can’t do my normal daily activities. So, I think that has an impact.” She started in March with a rainbow behind the words “We are all in this together,” tied to […]

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“Dogtor” Loki is making sure to look after Maryland nurses during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The therapy dog — owned by second-year medical student Caroline Benzel of the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore — is helping deliver “hero healing kits” to intensive care unit nurses at the University of Maryland Medical […]

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