Life’s short; eat dessert

Life’s short; eat dessert

WE DUST off the artificial pumpkin decorations and pull orange and purple wreaths from storage. We pull out rakes and sweaters as the weather drops like the leaves do. The weather feels therapeutic and makes you want to go for a walk on your lunch break instead of...
Thrive Youth Conference

Thrive Youth Conference

YOUTH AMBASSADOR for the Franklin County Prevention Coalition Jadon Vanzant earned bragging rights this summer. Vanzant, a grad student at Middle Tennessee State University, working toward a degree in school counseling with the help of Emily Hooton, who will be...
Let’s Make a Note

Let’s Make a Note

SEWING, CRAFTING, learning to play a musical instrument, voice lessons, art, painting… whatever your passion — you can find it at Let’s Make a Note Music, Art, and Enrichment Center in Winchester. Owner Jenifer Howland has assembled a team of gifted artists and...
Finding hope at HorsePlay

Finding hope at HorsePlay

AS A toddler, 7-year-old Hope Smith babbled like others her age, then, on the autism spectrum disorder, and became non-verbal. When Hope and her adopted sister Allie, who has cerebral palsy, began taking therapeutic riding lessons at HorsePlay Inc., a miracle took...
Walking the Walk & Talking the Talk

Walking the Walk & Talking the Talk

THE FAMOUSLY KIND and good-hearted television host, Mister Rogers, often spoke about the importance of helping each other. For over 30 decades he came into our homes each day through his show “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” and showed us all the ways we could be kind...
Someone Has Your Back

Someone Has Your Back

WHEN THE SMELL of warm caramel coffee lingers in the air of your vehicle on the way to work, you don’t have to think about watching your back. While not every driver on the road is aware of their surroundings, and accidents do occur, there is always someone just a...