A life well led, a lead well followed

Johnnie Moore

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I’m Johnnie Moore, and I help people work better together

There’s something about the Blog of Death’s short obituary on Ed Earnest that touched me.

Edward Earnest believed in giving people second chances. Forty years ago a prison warden and a mental health specialist gave him one that changed his life.

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