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Wendy reads more from her mother&#39;s journal as her excitement builds in anticipation of her trip to Texas with Mike. Early journal entries are read showing the contrast in her mother&#39;s attitude.

The Unknown Sister: How I Found My Voice And Lost My Family, Part 11

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Wendy nears the end of her mother&#39;s journal, but it is far from the end of the story.

The Unknown Sister: How I Found My Voice And Lost My Family, Part 10

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Wendy reads more from her mother&#39;s journal as her excitement builds in anticipation of her trip to Texas with Mike.

The Unknown Sister:How I Found My Voice And Lost My Family, Part 9

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Wendy explores early aspects of the life of Zeniar Kizer Edwards, her mother&#39;s cousin, who left Wendy&#39;s mother money. She reads more journal entries which reveal her mother&#39;s fantasy world and plans for possible travel with, Mike, the &#34;love of her life&#34;.

The Unknown Sister: How I Found My Voice And Lost My Family, Part 8

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Wendy shares more revealing entries from her mother&#39;s journals. She examines her mother&#39;s increasing frustration with her situation, while being oblivious that she created it.

The Unknown Sister: How I Found My Voice And Lost My Family, Part 7

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Wendy shares more revealing entries from her mother&#39;s journal. Her mother is emboldened by her recent financial windfall.

The Unknown Sister: How I Found My Voice And Lost My Family, Part 6

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Wendy shares more from her mother&#39;s journal. She is able to piece together elements of her mother&#39;s increasingly erratic behavior.

The Unknown Sister:How I Found My Voice And Lost My Family, Part 5

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Wendy delves into her mother&#39;s journal to reveal several ironies and how inherited money caused her mother to become more delusional.

The Unknown Sister:How I Found My Voice And Lost My Family, Part 4

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Wendy reminisces about the good times with her mother before inherited money and an ex-husband brought chaos to her family.

The Unknown Sister: How I Found My Voice And Lost My Family Part 3

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Wendy shares more about how inherited money and the return of her ex-husband affected the lives of her parents and her family.

The Unknown Sister: How I Found My Voice And Lost My Family Part 2

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Wendy discusses her relationship growing up the only girl in a family with five brothers.

The Unknown Sister: How I Found My Voice and Lost My Family

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Mick shares the difficulties and ultimate rewards with adoptions that he and his wife, Julie, experienced while expanding their family.

Mick Noteboom, insurance and investment broker, discusses his family's history of adoptions.

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Meteorologist Adam Sherwinski shares about how he became interested in meteorology. He talks about how his childhood experiences with storms sparked his interest in studying meteorology.

WCIA Meteorologist, Adam Sherwinski, tells how he became in meteorology as a child.

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Patty Biggers gives insights about being an admin for two very popular pages. She explains how just three people manage busy pages, one with over 250,000 members!

Patty Biggers is an admin on several popular Facebook pages.

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Wendy and Stacy discuss the challenges of writing and self-publishing a book. They also share their feelings about getting pets spayed or neutered and the importance of adopting, not shopping.

Wendy and Stacy discuss her book, Pinky, the Purrminator, Undercover Kitty.

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April Walk, owner of Coyote Creek Tack &amp; Stables, Sigel, Illinois, discusses her trail riding business and the many aspects of being in the horse business. She shares her experience with boarding the world famous Budweiser Clydesdale horses, as well as her joy of camping and trail riding in her down time.

April Walk, owner of Coyote Creek Tack & Stables, shares her extensive experience of being in the horse business.

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Brian Lau, shares the challenges and rewards of being in the agro-tourism business. His faith in God is instrumental to Brian. He tells how farmers like him have to be willing to new, progressive ideas to keep the farm profitable.

Brian Lau is co-owner of L&A Farms near Paris, IL.

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Wendy and Stacy read and discuss listeners experiences with good customer service.

We read and discuss comments from listeners about good customer service.

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Carolyn Cloyd returns to discuss the Coles County Historical Society and the Coles County Historical Museum. Carolyn shares how the museum has grown and also shares her hopes for the Coles County area.