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    Program Prepares Kids for Life After Football
    Matthew Hirst
    • Jan 24, 2019
    • 3 min

    Program Prepares Kids for Life After Football

    POSTED BY: MATT HIRST JANUARY 24, 2019 In Texas, football is king. Many of the nation’s top athletic programs and athletes hail from Texa...
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    Santa Meets Families at Epic Waters
    Matthew Hirst
    • Jan 3, 2019
    • 2 min

    Santa Meets Families at Epic Waters

    POSTED BY: MATT HIRST JANUARY 3, 2019 Epic Waters Indoor Waterpark hosted Breakfast with Santa on Saturday, Dec. 22. Families were invite...
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    First Baptist Church Irving Offers Families a Christmas Adventure
    Matthew Hirst
    • Dec 6, 2018
    • 2 min

    First Baptist Church Irving Offers Families a Christmas Adventure

    POSTED BY: MATT HIRST DECEMBER 6, 2018 The First Baptist Church in Irving presented a Christmas Adventure, featuring an interactive worsh...
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    Grand Prairie Libraries Host Author’s Expo
    Matthew Hirst
    • Nov 29, 2018
    • 2 min

    Grand Prairie Libraries Host Author’s Expo

    POSTED BY: MATT HIRST NOVEMBER 29, 2018 Local authors were encouraged to share their published works with the community during the Grand ...
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    Flying Tigers’ Service Honored During Reunion
    Matthew Hirst
    • Oct 31, 2018
    • 4 min

    Flying Tigers’ Service Honored During Reunion

    POSTED BY: DFWNEWSFLASH OCTOBER 31, 2018 The 77th anniversary reunion for the World War II Flying Tigers was hosted at the Renaissance Da...
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    What would we like to do with Our Right of Revolution?
    Matthew Hirst
    • Oct 25, 2018
    • 2 min

    What would we like to do with Our Right of Revolution?

    Something I believe to be a negative aspect of the intersection of political news and the internet/social media atmosphere: the notion th...
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    Quilt of Valor supports veterans
    Matthew Hirst
    • Oct 20, 2018
    • 0 min

    Quilt of Valor supports veterans

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    Politics Aside's latest news....
    Matthew Hirst
    • Oct 15, 2018
    • 0 min

    Politics Aside's latest news....

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    Fire department honors fallen firefighters
    Matthew Hirst
    • Oct 11, 2018
    • 2 min

    Fire department honors fallen firefighters

    Irving Fire Department Honors Fallen Firefighters POSTED BY: MATT HIRST OCTOBER 11, 2018 The Irving Fire Department Honor Guard and the I...
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    Puppies work toward making life better for owners
    Matthew Hirst
    • Oct 6, 2018
    • 0 min

    Puppies work toward making life better for owners

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    Women help strengthen Irving Fire Department
    Matthew Hirst
    • Oct 6, 2018
    • 0 min

    Women help strengthen Irving Fire Department

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    Do You Feeeeeeeeel Itttt
    Matthew Hirst
    • Sep 25, 2018
    • 1 min

    Do You Feeeeeeeeel Itttt

    I’ll never get over how personally understood and connected music can make you feel. How you can hear a lyric that touches you so deeply,...
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    Heartbreaking
    Matthew Hirst
    • Sep 20, 2018
    • 1 min

    Heartbreaking

    "According to the World Health Organization, 'Close to 800,000 people die due to suicide every year, which is one person every 40 seconds...
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    Fix It, Don't Forget It
    Matthew Hirst
    • Sep 20, 2018
    • 1 min

    Fix It, Don't Forget It

    To those bitching about the recently enacted 30,000 person refugee cap: What are you supposed to do when bottlenecking poses a serious th...
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    I'm gonna start sharing random drawings, as well... and you should join me.
    Matthew Hirst
    • Sep 12, 2018
    • 0 min

    I'm gonna start sharing random drawings, as well... and you should join me.

    18 views0 comments
    Two Party Sh*tstem
    Matthew Hirst
    • Aug 24, 2018
    • 2 min

    Two Party Sh*tstem

    How egotistical is it to think that your political opinions should govern an entire nation? A nation that serves as home to almost 330 mi...
    45 views0 comments
    What's Going on with the 'Hard Times' Section of this Page?
    Matthew Hirst
    • Jul 6, 2018
    • 1 min

    What's Going on with the 'Hard Times' Section of this Page?

    I’ve been thinking about starting a blog covering all things depression/anxiety, that later delves into some lifestyle along the way. (Pe...
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    Historical Series: Bonnie and Clyde live fast, die young
    Matthew Hirst
    • Jun 24, 2018
    • 6 min

    Historical Series: Bonnie and Clyde live fast, die young

    The gangsters’ car slowed but did not stop as it approached a planned family reunion in Sowers, near present-day Highway 183 and Esters R...
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    The Blank Page Between Chapters
    Matthew Hirst
    • May 19, 2017
    • 2 min

    The Blank Page Between Chapters

    May 19, 2017, 5:19 PM There's a popular metaphor that likens the ending of stages in our lives to the ending of chapters in a book. In th...
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    New England Patriots Super Bowl LI Takeaways
    Matthew Hirst
    • Feb 6, 2017
    • 3 min

    New England Patriots Super Bowl LI Takeaways

    Super Bowl LI will go down as one of the greatest moments in Boston sports history, one of the darkest moments in Atlanta sports history,...
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