by Amanda E. West | Jan 8, 2026 | Feature
OVER THE past 10 years, Amanda Lankford’s career in home health has evolved from scheduling appointments at the front desk to working in human resources and managing the weekly payroll. Her dedication to the clients of Arosa Care, the nation’s largest provider of home...
by Amanda E. West | Jan 8, 2026 | Feature
BETH MEERDINK tenderly cradled her treasured copy of “The Lady With the Lamp: The story of Florence Nightingale” and audibly repeated Nightingale’s call to action: “I will change all this, if it takes me a lifetime.” Each word echoed deeply within Meerdink’s heart....
by Amanda E. West | Dec 11, 2025 | Stories
Dear Good News Magazine,My 13-year-old granddaughter KaemeyYoung is my hero — and a hero to manyothers — as she continues her battle againstacute lymphoblastic leukemia. She’s not afirefighter, a policeman, a nurse, or a firstresponder, but heroes come from...
by Amanda E. West | Dec 11, 2025 | Stories
GROWING UP, most of us played outside long after the streetlights in our neighborhood buzzed to life high above our bicycles. Electricity has hummed through our lives like a silent servant — so constant, we forget it’s even there until our lights flicker during a...
by Amanda E. West | Dec 11, 2025 | Feature
CHRIS BROWN slid his card into the ATM and punched in his PIN. As he’d done many times before, he selected the amount of cash he wanted to withdraw from the bank in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Gears whined inside the machine before a receipt printed, and a metal...
