by Tina Neeley | Jan 13, 2023 | Feature
SPENDING MOST, if not all, of your time with a loved one that can’t recognize their surroundings, forgets if they’ve eaten recently, or can’t remember your name can be more than overwhelming. It might even leave you feeling exhausted, depressed, and hopeless. While...
by Tina Neeley | Jan 1, 2023 | Feature
COFFEE FROM a favorite mug, their children’s hugs, and that exhausted feeling from a hard day’s work—all these little things were traded for soul-numbing choices leading to their incarceration. A lot of things are missing from life inside the Bedford County...
by Tina Neeley | Jan 1, 2023 | Feature
FOR OVER 35 years, Trena Tucker Cook stood behind the chair. Today, her appointment book is entirely cleared, making time for the most important things in her life—her family. Cook said, “Between working 50+ hours a week, taking care of Daddy and my 14-year-old, I was...
by Tina Neeley | Dec 1, 2022 | Feature
Like our lives, stories travel. Walk with Kyle Thomas on the worn path of a writer, but don’t dilly dally around, or he’ll run off and leave you. Envision the classic scene of a writer at an old typewriter, a wastebasket nearby filled with crumpled pages, as he taps...
by Tina Neeley | Dec 1, 2022 | Feature
OPEN THE door of the Habitat Thrift Store just off Shelbyville’s square and expect to leave with a lighter heart and a smile on your face. Drop whatever is wearing on you outside their door; it’ll be gone when you come out. You may or may not make a purchase, but...
by Tina Neeley | Dec 1, 2022 | Feature
ONE LOOK at bewildered faces in the grocery store as we shop reflects the struggle to afford groceries and life’s necessities. The roller coaster of unprecedented events of the past few years derailed more families than ever before. Sometimes we’d like to help, but...
