Somethin' special for the new year

Do you know Bob Dotson? Not KNOW know him, I mean more like know of him. He travels the globe reporting for NBC about ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Finding the people in the shadows and sharing their stories. If you're familiar with him, I don't have to tell you he's an incredible storyteller. But I just did anyway. The American Story titles his ever expanding story collection. There are countless ways I appreciate his journalistic contributions.
He's been known to compare stories to onions. The layers.
And he's also said, maybe on more than one occasion, "We are the result of the many hands that push us along, who help us do better than we think we can." I couldn't agree more. Well, I could but that would just be wrong.
One story in particular he told a couple of years ago focused on the life of a young man who seems especially remarkable, even today.

I have visions of collaboration and a prosperous new year....


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Have I told you I secretly wish for my own book not only to be published, but also for it to be celebrated in cake form? It's true. But first book, then cake.

Until then, check out some other sweet favorites....

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