by Tina Neeley | Feb 10, 2024 | Stories
IT’S HARD to tell what’s shining the brightest — the Saturday morning sun or the smiles of those gathered outside Gateway (GTWY) Church’s building on Madison Street in Shelbyville. Children laugh and dance as bubbles flow freely from the bubble machine. Hugs,...
by Tina Neeley | Feb 10, 2024 | Stories
LIFE WAS good; it was normal, something Samantha Shreve, then 29, didn’t realize was so precious. As a dental assistant in a local office, catching up with patients was normal. As a mom to two girls, ages 3 and 5, running them wherever they needed to be was normal....
by Tina Neeley | Feb 10, 2024 | Cover
IN A waiting room filled with patients and their families at Nashville’s Sarah Cannon Center, a cancer center named for Minnie Pearl, Miriam Carrick did what she’s always done. She’s not one to mind waiting, happy to busy her hands with her knitting. Her husband,...
by Tina Neeley | Feb 10, 2024 | Feature
IN A world where most teens her age are busy navigating college decisions and figuring out life in general, KerriAnn Brewer seized an opportunity when it presented itself, proving that age is just a number when it comes to following your dreams. She never imagined...
by Tina Neeley | Jan 17, 2024 | Feature
SOME BELIEVE it doesn’t exist; others think it might but believe they’ll never experience it. Some believe it exists only in Hallmark movies and chick-lit novels. You know how it goes. Curled up on the couch with a crackling fire under your favorite fuzzy throw, the...
