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    Ezra Dawson, Fallen Hero: Honoring our Son’s Namesake on Memorial Day

    / May 29, 2013 / 32 Comments

    The amazing story of us establishing contact with the family of our son's namesake, a fallen soldier.

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    Ezra Kurt…the significance

    / September 30, 2010 / 3 Comments

    It was very important to both Russ and I that our child’s name be a name that not only did we both like, but also something that had significance to us, and a…

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