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Love You So Much

It's Thanksgiving. It is time that we are thankful for the people in our lives, past, present, and future. It is also a day that I take the time to clean out a significant part of my text messages…

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Nobody

Think about it. Every day when faced with difficult decisions. We either do the right thing, or, sometimes we do nothing and let the world pass by…

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My Other Half

Where to begin? Haley was the best friend I never saw coming and the sister I always wanted. She and I were inseparable. It was impossible for one of us to walk into a room…

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The Way We Were

After a recent move, I found a tote of 77 home movies that were on 8mm tapes. I asked a high school friend that owned a business that converted tapes to DVDs to take…

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Love Is Patient

Those are the words that have remained on my fridge since the summer of 2020 when Nat & Haley were faced with the difficult decision to postpone their wedding…

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Turns Out, I’m a Genius

My aim in writing this is to share some tangible ways that young people can be powerful, making good happen (changing the world) every day for others, just like she did…

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Haley’s Prayer

On a Friday night in the fall of 2011 I was admitted into Williamson Medical Center with severe abdominal pain. They did ultrasounds, CT scans, and bloodwork but couldn't…

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Defining Ourselves

Many have said “we are not defined by our words, but instead by our actions.” As July 4th came upon me, I was well aware of these words, and by the actions of my niece…

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Shining Your Light

I’ll never forget the first time she came to Row House. She walked in with a huge smile as she came right up to me before even letting her dad make the introduction!…

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My Walking Heartbeat

The fall of 2003 brought many changes into my life. My family packed up and moved eight hours south from Naperville, IL to Franklin, TN. As a six year old, this move was life altering…

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The Beginning: The Haley Sue Foundation

Out of everything there can still be a positive no matter how negative that thing may be. In 2020 Haley Sue Pearson was a vibrant and alive teacher, singer, friend, coach, wife…

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