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Messages From Above

Diane Merkau

My grandson pitches for his high school baseball team. When they made the playoffs, I was so excited to watch him play. The day of the big game, I arrived to find the baseball field empty. A passerby informed me the game had Just then, a school bus whizzed past. The words on the back were easy to make out: ST. CLAIR. I followed that bus all the way to the school and arrived in time for the second inning!

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