Category: November 2022

• Baby, Please Come Home For Christmas

  

  After a very long, seven-year journey of infertility and pregnancy loss, my husband, Casey, and I found out we were expecting. I had extra testing and monitoring during my pregnancy given our previous stillbirth, but everything always came back normal. However, at 31 weeks I began having contractions during a baby shower at work. I…

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  November 29, 2022

  2022, November 2022, Storytellers

  After baby's diagnosis, Amber Ennis, Casey Ennis, Cerebral Palsy, Child with disabilities, Child with special needs, Chromosomes, Developmental Milestones, God gave baby for a reason, God will use child in mighty ways, Herzing University, Miracle Child, Missouri, Never put limits on child with special needs, NICU, Nixa, Praying, Premature Baby, Tetrasomy 18p

• Unified To Do More

  

  I’ve been part of Special Olympics Missouri since I began assisting my dad* at events. When I was 10 years old, I participated in the Polar Plunge. In 6th grade, I became a Unified Partner where I assisted with basketball. Over the past eight years, I’ve grown and formed friendships with other athletes and Unified…

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  November 25, 2022

  2022, November 2022, Storytellers

  Abu Dhabi, Awareness, Basketball, Community, Conner Priebe, Florida, Heather Priebe, Leadership Experience, Mark Priebe, Missouri, Missouri Law Enforcement Torch Run, Missouri State University, Missouri Summer Games, Nonprofit, Orlando, Polar Plunge Springfield Missouri, Priebe Strong Foundation, Priebestrong, RepMo, Republic, Republic High School, Serve People with Disabilities, Special Olympic Athletes, Special Olympics, Special Olympics Missouri, Special Olympics USA Games, Unified Partner, Youth Leadership Experience

• Fickle Faith

  

  “Faith is confidence in what we hope for and the assurance that God is working, even though we cannot see it. Faith knows that no matter what the situation, in our lives or someone else’s, that God is working in it.” That’s the definition you get if you ask Google. It’s a great definition but…

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  November 15, 2022

  2022, Faith, November 2022

  Africa, Bible, Bile Duct, Cancer, Cholangiocarcinoma Cancer, Elizabeth Elliot quote, Gospel, Grief, International Mission Board, Jim Flora, Lesotho, Missionary Wife, Missouri, Nonprofit, Nonprofit for widows, Preacher's Wife, Purpose, Purpose as a widow, Rare Cancer, Salmonella, Stockton, Super Spiritual, Teresa Flora, The Timothy Project Healing Brokenness Widow Care

• A Conversation with Denise Burrell, Gifted with Grit

  

  It could have been seen as a defiant statement against resolutions, the kind we rattle off at the stroke of Midnight on Dec. 31 of any year. Instead, Denise Burrell quietly set aside the need for lofty goal setting and decided to learn a new skill instead. She thinks it was cross-stitching. She was in…

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  November 9, 2022

  2022, Artisans, November 2022

  Amy Truitt, Brooks Burrell, C-Street City Market, Cello, Chabom Tea and Spices, Claire Burrell, Clairebrooks Cabin, Conductor Amy Andreassen, Denise Burrell, Dr. Michael Murray Cello, Empathetic Teacher, Family Band Eclectica, Gift of grit, God's gift, Grit, Homemade Incense, Homemade Soap, Ideas for traditions, Instead of New Year's Resolutions, Judge Don Burrell, Lifelong Learner, Missouri, Missouri Philharmonic Orchestra, New Skill, New Skills for Seniors, New Traditions, New Year's Resolutions, Pianist, Rescue Dogs, Retired Teacher, Selling Homemade, Shop Local, Small Business, Soapmaking, Special Education Teacher, Springfield, Stick with a task despite obstacles, Stubbornness, Symphony Concert, Tenacity, Traditions, What to learn?