• Senior Adults: 5 Boredom Busters to Beat the Stuck-Inside-Blues

    Senior Adults: 5 Boredom Busters to Beat the Stuck-Inside-Blues

    We are about as far away from the dog days of summer as it gets, but January has its own dog days of winter blahs. It is easy to be locked…

  • As we wait

    As we wait

    While working toward my master’s degree at Missouri State University, I had the great privilege of being a graduate assistant/writer in the Publications office. It was a dream job with dream…

  • Waiting for Promises

    Waiting for Promises

    Waiting is the easiest action we may plan to do, but it simply is the hardest action to consistently and genuinely carry out. People often preach to us to wait on…

  • Leaders, Roll Up Your Sleeves

    Leaders, Roll Up Your Sleeves

    Lead can be a four-letter word, especially when things go wrong. In media and literature, leadership is celebrated for the perks of power, options, and success or mourned because of abuse,…

  • Kevin Zwingle Is Worth Fighting For

    Kevin Zwingle Is Worth Fighting For

    In mid-July 2020, right around his birthday, my husband, Kevin, began complaining of headaches. Headaches were unusual, but it was a hot summer, and we initially chalked it up to dehydration…

  • Not Me

    Not Me

    Every fall season, when a new school year begins, I think about my first year of graduate school. I was excited to begin a new journey as a graduate student in…