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A Higher Purpose: The Soul of a Cardinal

The shiny red-and-white Cessna Cardinal caught my eye with her sleek frame, strutless wings, and wide doors. She whispered that she was the total package for barnstorming across America with my beautiful wife, Heidi, and our new chocolate Labrador. Surely the Cardinal wouldn’t hold it against us that our precious puppy was named Piper—after all, she resembled the bear cub on the tail of a J-3 Cub.