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I spent a few days in my home town last week. As is the case whenever I visit, it seemed like nothing had changed – our old house, church, school and neighborhood were comfortingly the same. Then again, everything had changed. I can\u2019t get used to the college being gone or the football stadium sporting red paint instead of black.<\/p>\n

One of the best recent changes in Le Mars is a new coffee shop, Habitue. It meets trio of travel requirements: great coffee, relaxing atmosphere, and free Wi-Fi. Friday, I spent a comfortable and delicious morning at Habitue. When I left the shop after a couple hours of productive work, the building across the street caught my eye. In the olden days, it was the Spurgeon\u2019s Department Store. For the past few years, it\u2019s been an antique mall, but these days, the front and side walls are hard-pressed to remain upright.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat happened?\u201d I asked my cousin.<\/p>\n

She explained that Wells Blue Bunny (yes, my home town is also home to Wells Blue Bunny Ice Cream) purchased the building to house an ice cream parlor and museum. \u201cBut when they gutted it,\u201d she went on, \u201cthe roof and the back walls collapsed. Now they\u2019re in litigation, trying to determine who\u2019s at fault – the engineering firm that said the structure could safely be gutted, or the contractor for doing the work incorrectly.\u201d<\/p>\n

For some reason the building, propped up with the help of wooden braces and trees visible through the glassless second story windows made me happy. This evidence of man\u2019s intentions gone wrong comforted me to no end.<\/p>\n

See, lately my inadequacies have confronted me daily – even hourly. Book sales are dismal and nothing I do boosts them. That means the parents who need the encouragement the book gives aren\u2019t being encouraged. They are struggling alone, which breaks my heart. I have failed to complete the work God gave me to do.<\/p>\n

But the building says that I\u2019m in good company. Wealthy men and women in charge of big companies, with access to large sums of money and the advice of experts fail, too. Their dreams collapse. Their best efforts aren\u2019t good enough. The building, working so hard to stay upright on main street in my home town, reminds everyone who walks by that someone tried. Someone took a risk. Someone tried to effect change.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd so did I.\u201d I whisper while opening the car door and placing my computer bag on the passenger seat. \u201cSo did I.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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