by Amanda West | Mar 26, 2025 | Cover
“I NEED YOU to pray that I have a brain tumor!” Linda Nichols clasped hands with her friends as they bowed their heads inside her home. After everyone left that evening, her husband, Howie, asked, “Why would you ask them to pray for such a thing?” In 2012, while...
by Amanda West | Mar 3, 2025 | Cover
The year was 1965, and 22-year-old Leonard “Junior” Donegan had just returned home from serving in the United States Air Force. He smoothed back his dark hair to set the pomade and took one last glance at his reflection in the mirror. Though his brother, Terry, had...
by Amanda West | Jan 11, 2025 | Cover
Prior to Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty,” the Brothers Grimm published the original folktale in 1812 titled “Briar Rose,” and prior to prescription medication, families relied on gathering wild herbs to ease their ailments. Tina Michelle Johns’ husband helped her unite the...
by Amanda West | Dec 13, 2024 | Cover
The parking lot of Gateway Church on Madison Street is abuzz with activity as homeschooling parents unbuckle their toddlers and strap them into their strollers while their other children grab their book bags and lunch sacks. Young mothers slide their infants into...
by Amanda West | Nov 8, 2024 | Cover
For Harris Middle School (HMS) librarian Megan Lawell, extending kindness to others is more than an incentive to focus on one week out of the year. For her, it’s a way of life worth teaching to others. “Kindness Week is a nationally recognized week that we wanted to...
by Amanda West | Oct 12, 2024 | Cover
NO MATTER WHAT time of day it is, the emergency room at Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital is constantly abuzz with activity. Since the acquisition of the hospital by Vanderbilt in 2021, the daily census reveals that the number of people seeking help at the facility has...
