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In today’s story (published 2009), Kerry Patterson reflects on the difference between skills that serve our own good alone versus those that serve the good of others too.

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Kerrying On: Wild Mushrooms
by Kerry Patterson

I’m not sure how old I was when my mom taught me how to find wild mushrooms. I know she held my hand as we walked into the woods that day. I can still feel the warm touch of her delicate fingers. That would put me at around seven years of age. Any older than that I would have stopped holding hands because, according to my older brother, it wasn’t “cool.” What a shame.
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