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Jul 2024
39m 22s

Summer Afternoons

Wellness Loud
About this episode

Our story tonight is called Summer Afternoons, and it’s a story about the possibilities of a special part of the day. It’s also about an empty ginger ale bottle filled with windflowers, a walk by the railroad tracks, date bars, and park benches, and elevating the everyday. 

We give to a different charity each week, and this week, we are giving to A Wider Circle, whose purpose is to end poverty for one individual and one family after another. 

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