Spin Your Partner
Teacup Chains ClubIf you like to promenade while being serenaded, the Teacup Chains Square Dance Club is the place for you. Every first and third Saturday nights of the month, 40-50 people meet at “Just Off Broadway” and share smiles, snacks and square dancing. Though it is noted by the American Heart Association that square…
Read More >Remembering Travis
July and August bring more birthdays to our family, namely our middle son, Travis, who was born on a beautiful summer morning, filling my heart and life with sunshine. Except for his full head of strawberry blond hair and his sky blue eyes, he looked remarkably like his four-year-old brother, Aaron, who could hardly wait…
Read More >Everday Angels
Recently, I lost my purse. Well, I didn’t exactly lose it. I left it in a shopping cart at a Wal-Mart parking lot. Don’t even ask how I did such a thing. Suffice to say, I’m still trying to figure it out myself. I didn’t notice it was gone until I got home and reached…
Read More >Healing Hearts
Local Sculptor Helps Others Work through Grief Though few would see similarities between sculpting and the healing of grief, Bob Willis sees them as inseparable. A bereavement coordinator for Hospice of Oklahoma County since 1995, Bob has led numerous grief counseling sessions in Oklahoma, including several at Edmond Hospital. In past years, he led workshops…
Read More >Women of Wellness: Refresh Refocus and Renew
The Wellness Revolution has begun and Women of Wellness, an organization which focuses on proactive steps to achieve a healthier, happier and more balanced lifestyle, is inviting Edmond ladies to be part of a new generation of women through nutritional, physical, spiritual and emotional wellness. For the third consecutive year, Women of Wellness (WOW) is…
Read More >Legacy of Love
I am crazy about love stories. One of my favorite ways of spending a cold winter afternoon is with an inspirational romance novel and a cup of hot chocolate. But even better than fiction are true-life love stories. My parents’ life together was a perfect example of the stuff good books and movies are made…
Read More >Steps of Faith After the Storm
HHBC Sponsors Couple Displaced by KatrinaA couple’s step of faith hit a bumpy path when their lives were impacted by a natural disaster. But even more steps of faith and the compassion of others kept them on their journey. Owen and Amanda Nease were newlyweds when they entered New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Graduating from…
Read More >Not Just An Average Guy
Sean Salazar is not your average guy. In fact, according to testing instruments, Sean is considered to be both above and below average with an IQ above the norm. Diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, a disability on the autistic spectrum, Sean once attended both special education and advanced placement classes at the same time, while testing…
Read More >Gifts For A Teacher
I was barely 22 years old, straight out of college and three months pregnant with my first child when I began my teaching career. With my Army husband stationed two hundred miles away, the Tulsa Public Schools didn’t ease my stress load when they assigned me to one of the roughest junior high schools in…
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