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Friday photo: Midland celebrates three families adopting last week
Last week, Buckner International celebrated with three families in Midland as they finalized the adoptions of four children. Smiles and joy filled the courthouse as four children...
Pet therapy team volunteers with Beaumont seniors
Say hello to Calder Woods’ Volunteer of the Year, Dr. Hank. Dr. Hank is a trained therapy dog who visits the Beaumont senior living community every Friday...
What is hospice?
“Hospice” is a word many avoid like a rattlesnake in June. But do we really know what it means? Hospice is not something to be afraid of,...
A life-changing call
Rena Nichols lived in the Longview, Texas, area her whole life, raising three children and tirelessly providing for them as a carhop, hotel housekeeper and furniture office...
‘I’d like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free’
On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks boarded a largely empty bus in Montgomery, Ala. after a long day at work as a seamstress. She walked by several...
Friday photo: LeTourneau University nursing students shine hope in Dominican Republic
Robert Greenleaf, who founded the modern servant leadership movement, once said: "Good leaders must first become good servants.” Changing the world requires investing energy and resources into...
Parkway Place couple celebrates 75th wedding anniversary
In 1942, World War II was at its peak, a helicopter took its first cross-country ride and Walt Disney’s animated movie “Bambi” was released. It’s also the...
Sad math: Lower incomes plus higher costs lead to struggling single mothers
It’s easy to read gaudy headlines about individuals abusing government assistance programs and assume the worst about every person who is receiving help. It’s easy to assume...
Your parent needs dementia care. Now what?
Updated Oct. 23, 2018: This article has been updated in the wake of Retired Supereme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's announcement today that she has "beginning stages of dementia,...
Pain to perseverance: Conroe mom forges forward to earn college degree
When Ashlee Robinson first met Anna Rodriquez and Carrie Johnson, she couldn’t even look them in the eye. Reeling from what felt like a series of failures...