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A Tale of Two Medals

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Nov 20, 2023
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Tales with Friends™ 11.20.23

STEPHEN COOPER | A Tale of Two Medals

After being dumped by his high school sweetheart on the night of their graduation, he formulated a ‘Hopes & Dreams’ catalogue to rebound from the tribulation of this defining moment. He created a list of one hundred action items to achieve duringhis adulthood. The first was to run a marathon.

Stephen Cooper is a Clinical Nurse Educator and part-time Jedi Knight. His attention deficit career path has included stints as a forest firefighter, PE teacher, community educator, and wilderness instructor. His greatest achievement is acquiring low paying but super cool sounding job titles.

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