Monroe Dispatch - No Struggle, No Progress

I love fresh squeezed orange juice. Each Christmas my parrain would gift my brothers and me a large box of fresh oranges and apples. As young kids, we didn't always appreciate getting fruit on a holiday for extravagant gifts, but as the years passed, we sincerely appreciated our parrain's thoughtful kindness and consistency.

I would use those oranges to make fresh squeezed orange juice. I would cut them in halves and use a glass juicer to extract the juice.

The oranges were so sweet, and the juice was so good! I would drink about 4 ounces at a time because I was so anxious to drink it.

The...