You can find hope inside every quality that defines us as Southerners.

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Richard Murff admits to being perhaps the only Southerner ever to own two hunting dogs, neither of which would hunt.

Russell Worth Parker is a North Carolinian and a retired Marine Corps lieutenant colonel. He’s seen a lot and, like all of us, he lives every day in a nation more divided than ever. Still, he has hope. This is why.

When Lea-Anne Jackson’s little sister was diagnosed with leukemia, Lea-Anne was convinced she had a superpower that would save her. Then one day, it stopped working.