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Re: Life's Small Pleasures
By:US
Date: Monday, 6 February 2006, 7:49 am
In Response To: Re: Life's Small Pleasures (Charlie)

I got hooked on football when I lived in a small town in a very rural area of the state. Besides church on Sunday, there was Friday night football. The area of the state I lived in has produced quite a few professional athletes, including Jeff Hartings of the Steelers. Nearly 20 years ago he was a student in my 10th grade religion class at St. Henry HS. He was a really nice & funny kid then, and he seems to be an outstanding young man now. It felt so good when he got a brief interview after the game and said, "I praise God for the opportunity to be here." He may or may not still be a practising Catholic, but it appears he's retained his Christian humility.

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