by Tina Neeley | Jul 15, 2023 | Cover
IF WALLS could talk, the unfinished kitchen walls in the old photograph of Cara Farris Adcock at her 10th birthday party would whisper of a sweet future. Adcock returned to the same kitchen where she baked 4-H award-winning applesauce muffins and now bakes sweet...
by Tina Neeley | Jun 10, 2023 | Cover
MOST OF us have shopped online with Facebook groups or Etsy stores, excited to find unique gifts or treats for ourselves. We often have no personal contact with the seller but identify with their brands, styles, and prices. The impact of our purchases is relatively...
by Kali Bradford | May 13, 2023 | Cover
FINDING SOMETHING the whole family can do during the summer can be challenging. The beach is too crowded, and the amusement parks are too far away. And both can be astronomically expensive. You are looking to save gas and your sanity. Thankfully, many family-friendly...
by Tina Neeley | Apr 15, 2023 | Cover
SOME CAREERS begin with a dream or a plan, but Maleah Claxton’s insurance career began, she said, as sheer dumb luck after moving to a new town and needing a job. A Shelter Insurance office hired her part time to answer the phones and file, but one month later, she...
by Tina Neeley | Mar 11, 2023 | Cover
FAR FROM home while deployed to Iraq, Dr. Lucas Bowling received a call that changed the trajectory of his life. Not the kind you answer with your cell phone, but a call that doesn’t use Verizon’s nationwide network. It was there that Bowling felt and answered the...
by Tina Neeley | Feb 11, 2023 | Cover
LAURA PARHAM’S dad, Austin Lewis, taught her from a young age that she could do anything. In fact, he expected nothing less from her. While he couldn’t have known where her career would take her, he instilled in her everything she’d need to accomplish her...
