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These Hands

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Ben Nelson

My father and I were attending a lodge function recently, when, as I was helping him up some steps, I noticed something… our hands.  They were the same.  They were scarred, worn and weather beaten by the sun and years of use and misuse, of manual labor. Continue reading →

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