A story by Jean Bell Mosley, longtime columnist for the Southeast Missourian, appears in the May issue of the national inspirational magazine Guideposts.
The story, titled "More Than I Bargained For," relates Mosley's childhood encounter with a girl named Stella who taught her a lesson about giving your best.
Mosley writes the weekly column "For Most of the Century," which appears Sundays in the Southeast Missourian.
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