Source: Meghan Overdeep, SOUTHERN LIVING, 8/9/21


Most days, you can find Will Norman at the intersection of Northwest Parkway and Speer Street in the small town of Azle, Texas.   Norman set up a "listening tent" in the parking lot of the local liquor store in mid-May after what he describes as "the hardest year of his life." It's a simple operation. Norman sits beneath a small tent bearing a yellow banner that says "Need to Talk? I'll Listen" and waits—sometimes up to nine hours a day...

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