Նվաճելով Չաբբի արահետը

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Երկուշաբթի օրը, Նոյեմբեր 13, 2023, Ես հասա մի հիմնական նպատակի, երբ ես քայլեցի Չաբբի արահետի ամբողջ երկարությամբ, an out-and-back 13.6 mile trail in West St. Louis կոմսություն. Քայլարշավն ինձնից յոթ ժամ երեսուն րոպե տևեց՝ ավարտելու համար. Երբ իմ ավագ որդի «Թրեյը» լրացնում էր Ռոյալ Ռեյնջերսում նվաճումների ոսկե մեդալի պահանջները, equivalent

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Promoted to 4th Dan

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Հինգշաբթի օրը, Հունվար 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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St. Francis de Sales Dedicated in 1908

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Նոյեմբերի 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. Louis”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. Louis, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, Eduard and Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 children. The St. Լուի արքեպիսկոպոսը նվիրել է եկեղեցին

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Scratch One Off The Bucket List

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Last Monday, I was able to scratch a big item off my bucket list. I attended a Liverpool Football Club game in person. Liverpool FC came to my hometown of St. Louis, Missouri on August 1, 2016 to play a preseason game with AS Roma. My daughter Caity attended the match with me, which made the day extra special. Ես

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I Hope She Doesn’t Want Parole

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Այսօր, Tam and I will be married twenty years. Ցավոք,, life in Missouri is 20 տարի, 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. Նրանք խելամտորեն պահեցին

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Passing the Torch

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

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Caleb Gets a Job

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Recently, my youngest son Caleb obtained his first job at a local fast food restaurant. I was proud of him because Caleb decided he wanted a job, filled out a number of applications and obtained a job close to the house. Caleb found the job to be a good fit because of the location and working environment. It is interesting

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Happy Birthday, Grandma!

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Yesterday, my maternal grandmother Alvina M. Ellis nee Mosblech would have been 100 տարեկան. Born in St. Louis, 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. Տատիկը մեծ ազդեցություն է ունեցել իմ և քույրերիս վրա, քանի որ

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Being a Dad and Coach

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Մայիսի 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. Ես

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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, Ես գնացի մեկ տարվա ֆիթնեսի

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