Few things are as precious to a student as Summer Vacation. For a quarter of the year, the world is yours. There is no strict schedule, no homework, no looming responsibility except for milking the last drop of fun from every minute. There’s comfort in knowing that nothing is expected of you; that you can
Dorothy did everything the “right way.” She married her high school sweetheart, started a family, and landed a great job almost as soon as they moved to Texas. There are no guarantees in life, but she followed every proven rule and guideline. Based on almost any metric, her life should have been perfect. Instead, after
Jason and Nycole Reyes came to this community in the middle of a battle for their lives. They were both overweight. Doctors warned Jason that, without a dramatic change, he would be wheelchair-bound by the age of 40. Nycole couldn’t safely bear children. So the couple decided to make a change. Almost concurrently, each of
EULESS — There's a hush in the air as Theresa and I sit for her interview; the kind of warm, buzzing silence that catches you off-guard in the suburbs of the mid-cities. We're just around the corner from a major road that connects to a bustling highway, but you'd never know it. The hum of
GRAPEVINE — The muted sounds of worship music hang in the air, drifting from a wireless radio across a ten-yard stretch of grass that serves as Regina’s front yard. Her home — barely over 400 square feet in actual living space — is a swarm of activity. Volunteers surround the property; most within arm’s length