Where Is Your Focus?

Where Is Your Focus?

By Rhonda Stinson When I was young, my parents taught me lessons that have become very valuable in adulthood. I remember dad teaching me and my brothers the ins and outs of using a gun. He told us over and over, “Never ever point a gun at anyone.” He said...
Audience of ONE

Audience of ONE

By Alison Feinauer My son came home sick from school. That same day I was already going to get his phone fixed because of a cracked screen.  After doing the math to replace the screen vs. upgrading to a newer phone, it was a better investment to get a newer (but not...
Eclipse of the Heart

Eclipse of the Heart

By Rae Lynn DeAngelis On April 8, 2024, a solar eclipse made its way across 15 states in America (Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Tennessee, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine). If you were one...
Let Yourself Be Refined

Let Yourself Be Refined

By Tanya Jolliffe When I was in college, I worked in a sand-casting aluminum foundry. During my month-long Christmas break, my uncle, who co-owned and managed the foundry, needed help delivering finished cast aluminum products by van around Ohio. Luckily, he could...