Letter From the Editor

Letter From the Editor

A WAITING ROOM chair creaks as someone shifts their weight. A cup of water sweats onto the lobby’s tile floor. Somewhere down the hall, a name is called. Life pauses in places like this. It always has. Healing does not usually arrive in a dramatic rush. More often, it...
Kristie Sanders: The nurse who never left home

Kristie Sanders: The nurse who never left home

FOR MORE than two decades, Kristie Sanders has devoted her heart and hands to the people of Lincoln County. Her story is one of faith, compassion, and continuity — a nurse whose care flows not only from clinical expertise but also from the deep love she has cultivated...
Sieara Ashby: The heart of home health nursing

Sieara Ashby: The heart of home health nursing

FOR REGISTERED nurse (RN) Sieara Ashby, becoming a health care professional was the only option. Ashby, who works with Quality First Home Care, is part of a profession known as home health nursing — a specialized field that brings medical care directly into patients’...
A Holiday to Remember

A Holiday to Remember

ON A December evening in Fayetteville, the lights dim, the curtain waits, and anticipation gathers backstage at the Carriage House Players. Now in its 13th year, the annual holiday performance has become one of Fayetteville’s most cherished seasonal traditions....