Category: May 2021
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Flora Bloom Market
Cultivated from the fashion seeds of “comfort” and “ease,” Flora Bloom Market continues to impress after creator Kelly Flora began selling homemade headbands in 2017. What began as a solution for high school hair mixed up in the weight training and workout scenes, Flora realized headbands also smoothed the transition into motherhood. “I bought a…
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Christina Ford
If I could label this season for me, it would be titled “Reflection.” During this time, I’ve asked myself “How did I get here?” Not in a negative undertone, but really, “How did I get here?” words + photographs Christina Ford “What do you want to be when you grow up?” is a question asked…
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Cheryl Nold
During my freshman year at Republic High School, I filled out a career questionnaire, the kind that helps you determine what your future career might look like based on the answers you give. words + photographs Cheryl Nold The result – nursing – was puzzling. It wasn’t on my radar or in my sights. I…
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Sushi Rolls With Sticky Rice
Laura Jones moved to Springfield after graduating from Southwest Baptist University and lived here until […]
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He Leadeth Me
From the time I was a child, the story of Abraham and Isaac used to bother me. I would read and reread the story over and over again, searching for something that would make Abraham’s response understandable. words + photographs Tammy Stearns As an adult in my 30s and a new believer, I again couldn’t…
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John Black
We have all heard the saying, “Change is hard!” I really dislike that saying, because truth be told, change isn’t hard at all. In fact, change is really quite easy. It’s the decision to change that is hard. words + photograph John Black The reason this is true is because the decision to change requires…
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Sidekicks Furrrrever
words Julie Johnson No matter the storyline, when the plot thickens, sidekicks make us braver. If you haven’t yet found your deputy dog, […]
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The First 30 Seconds
Steve Donaldson is the director of Rural Compassion and co-founder of Convoy of Hope. I met him in 2018 at The Global Leadership Summit. Rural Compassion had been invited as a vendor. He was the first person ever to tell me I was a leader. He spent the rest of the conference convincing me. May…
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Tapas For Two
Brenda Lei Casey was in 3rd grade when her family moved from Grand Rapids, Mich., to Springfield, Mo. From that moment on, she was home. Until […]
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Regina Lyons
The call came late, so I listened to the message the next morning. Three sisters, ages 9, 14, and 15, were currently staying in a group home. Finding a foster home willing to take an older sibling group was proving difficult. “This is it,” I thought. Then the “what ifs” came. words + photographs Regina…
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My Pea-pickin’ Heart
At the start of elementary school, my family lived in Minnesota, close to the Twin Cities. You could say Prince and I were practically neighbors. #80sGirl Mary Hefner – neighbor lady, mother of two sons and one daughter, taker carer of a German Shepherd – taught swim lessons to me and my school of friends.…
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Gluten-free Chicken Fingers, Potatoes with Herbs, Date Brownies
Emily Langston grew up in Ozark and now lives in Nixa with her husband, Rich, four sons and three dogs. Being the mom of budding chefs […]
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Immoveable
This may end sorely. words + photograph Julie Johnson What began as a portfolio piece has evolved into a big dream imagined by a big dreamer. Me. I’m the big dreamer. The what-iffer. I can take a penny-for-your-thoughts and turn it into a mountain of possibilities in no time flat. My brain and heart constantly…
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