چوب ٹریل کو فتح کرنا

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پیر کے روز, نومبر 13, 2023, جب میں نے چوب ٹریل کی پوری لمبائی کو بڑھایا تو میں نے ایک بڑا مقصد حاصل کیا۔, an out-and-back 13.6 mile trail in West St. Louis County. ہائیک مکمل ہونے میں مجھے سات گھنٹے تیس منٹ لگے. جب میرا سب سے بڑا بیٹا "ٹرے" رائل رینجرز میں گولڈ میڈل آف اچیومنٹ کے تقاضے پورے کر رہا تھا۔, equivalent

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Promoted to 4th Dan

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جمعرات, جنوری 31, 2020, Grandmaster Pat Weseman promoted me to 4th Dan in Taekwondo at the Advanced Class. When I started classes with Grandmaster Weseman and her husband Art, I did not foresee reaching this milestone. I originally started taking classes with my nephew Jim in Spring 1995. After getting married in 1996, I stopped taking classes for several

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سینٹ. Francis de Sales Dedicated in 1908

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نومبر 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. لوئس”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. لوئس, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, Eduard and Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 children. سینٹ. لوئس آرچڈیوسیس نے چرچ کو وقف کیا۔

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I Hope She Doesn’t Want Parole

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آج, Tam and I will be married twenty years. بدقسمتی سے, life in Missouri is 20 سال, so I hope she doesn’t want to apply for parole. I’m hoping she decides to keep me around for a few more years. On July 27, 1996, Tam, my mother and sisters prepared the clubhouse for our wedding later that afternoon. They wisely kept

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Passing the Torch

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This week my oldest son Kenneth turns 19 پرانے سال. Besides finishing school, Kenneth’s biggest focus is the martial arts. He is particularly passionate about teaching self-defense. سال کے دوران, I have trained 14 nieces and nephews plus all three of my children in the martial arts. Last week, the first member of the third generation started with us. To

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Happy Birthday, نانی!

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Yesterday, my maternal grandmother Alvina M. Ellis nee Mosblech would have been 100 پرانے سال. Born in St. لوئس, Missouri on May 15, 1916, Grandma was the seventh of fourteen children. She married an only child in 1938 and they would have two children, my mom and Aunt Maureen. Grandma had a big influence on my sisters and me because

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Being a Dad and Coach

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مئی 7, 2016, my daughter Caity returned to Taekwondo competition for the first time in eight years. As her dad but also her coach, I tried to dissuade her from sparring until we had a few more months but she was adamant about sparring at the tournament. Caity likes forms but she always preferred sparring. Reluctantly, I agreed. میں

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Things Come Full Circle

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A few weeks ago, my second foray into the martial arts came full circle. My daughter started studying Taekwondo again after more than five years away from the sport. It is actually Caity, who brought me back to martial arts in the summer of 2000. After my natural father passed away in July 1999, میں ایک سال طویل فٹنس پر چلا گیا۔

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