by Tina Neeley | Jan 17, 2024 | Stories
ONCE A week and on holidays, Randy and Edwina (“Wina”) Reynolds make room in their modest home. The goal: memories. The tables are set, and the family meal waits in the kitchen more patiently than Randy and Wina for their guests. Home is not rooms and walls but the...
by Tina Neeley | Jan 17, 2024 | Stories
LINDSEY TRICE was stuck. Life as she knew it changed forever on Mother’s Day in 2018 when she returned home from church to find her father lifeless. “I tried to resuscitate him. [I] tried to do all those things, but he was already cold. And so, as a daddy’s...
by Tina Neeley | Jan 17, 2024 | Stories
THE RIVALRY of the hometown teams charges the Friday night air. The center snaps the football, and the quarterback slides the ball into the running back’s hands, consistently moving the chains downfield and into the end zone. For 16 carries, No. 19 picks up yardage...
by Wesley Bryant | Jan 17, 2024 | Stories
IT’S HOLDING the door open for the person behind you. It’s sending a sweet text when they cross your mind. It’s stopping by to say “hi” when they’ve had a bad day. Showing up and showing love is like medicine for our souls. It lets us dance, sing, laugh,...
by Wesley Bryant | Dec 16, 2023 | Stories
THE FIRST sounds of life are screams and cries of joy. Oxygen fills little lungs for the first time. The lights above are bright. And the beeping machines from every corner of the room can be overwhelming. None of us remember, but I imagine it’s quite jarring to go...
by Haley Potter | Dec 16, 2023 | Stories
IN A quiet corner of Bedford County, a dedicated woman is on a mission to save the lives of cats, one feline at a time. Blake Nutter is the founder of A Nutter Cat Rescue, a nonprofit organization that’s making a significant impact in the local community by addressing...
