You are part of Godâ€™s story on earth,â€ my parents whispered in our ears, â€œYou can be like Aragorn or Frodo or Sam in the battles of the world, you can bring beauty like Jared (in The Journeyman by Elizabeth Yates), or discover something new like George Washington Carver. What kind of hero do you want to be?

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