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I Don’t Have to Go Back

October 18, 2021October 18, 2021 ~ David Mercer ~ 5 Comments

I’m so appreciative of the medical community these days and I’m often concerned at how stressed they are. Even before Covid, many of them were overworked. I don’t know how they keep at it day after day.  I wish I could show them support or even step in to work with them like I did … Continue reading I Don’t Have to Go Back

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Roadside Reacquaintance

October 8, 2021October 11, 2021 ~ David Mercer ~ 3 Comments

A beat-up sedan pulled up behind us and a young man climbed out. He was barefoot and shirtless.... "Y'all need any help?" he drawled.

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Maybe Less Can Be More

July 17, 2020July 17, 2020 ~ David Mercer ~ 3 Comments

Am I the guy who was once the starting quarterback but is now diminished to where I only play occasionally off the bench? I can’t look at it like that. I have a whole life to live and it does not include becoming less as I get older.

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