by Tina Neeley | Jan 11, 2025 | Feature
With the morning sun and the center’s associates peeking over their shoulders, the senior adults gathered at the tables work intently on the day’s craft project. Their conversation is lively, punctuated with laughter, paint brushes pausing in mid-air as they stop...
by Tina Neeley | Jan 11, 2025 | Feature
His smile fills the brightest scenes in the film of her life’s memories. When Beth Andersen’s wobbling bicycle steadied, and she rode independently down the driveway, it was there. When she told him about her first day of kindergarten, it was there. It’s in the photos...
by Tina Neeley | Dec 13, 2024 | Feature
“I’m hungry” echoes in homes everywhere, often before backpacks even hit the floor and students kick off their school shoes. It’s a refrain as common as the afternoon sun, often met with the rustle of snack bags or the hum of microwaves. But in some households,...
by Tina Neeley | Dec 13, 2024 | Feature
On Thursday morning, June 20, 2024, the steady flow of vehicles in front of Walmart on Huntsville Highway was like every weekday. Many were headed to and from work in Huntsville. Some needed to stop at day care first, then step on it to make it to work on time....
by Tina Neeley | Nov 8, 2024 | Feature
AS THE morning sky fully awakened, its ombre pinks, blues, and yellows yielding to the full orb of the yellow sun, they waited. The men talked, gathered in clusters, many with coffee in hand, others with bottled water. They wore suits, uniforms, dress casual, jeans,...
by Tina Neeley | Nov 8, 2024 | Feature
IN THE West End Baptist Church fellowship hall, the weekly meeting of the Stitchin’ Sisters is in full swing. Lively conversation competes with the whirrrrr of the sewing machines. There’s the snipping of cutting shears gliding through fabric spread carefully over a...
