By Jeremy Gulley My family and I would like to express our sincere appreciation for all of the love and support we received since the death of my father last week. I am sure we would have made it through, but it would not have been as easy without you. It was heartwarming and motivating [...]
By Beth Gulley The trick to crafting a good New Year’s resolution lies in breaking your larger goals down into their smallest components, and then choosing the right qualifier to go along with them. For example, I like to shop at garage sales and thrift stores, but I don’t have the desire or opportunity to [...]
By Kevin Gray As another Christmas approaches and “a wrap” placed on another semester, I can’t help but take a few moments for reflection before considering the question, “What do I want for Christmas?” I can’t believe how fast this year went. Gone just like that! Christmas will be the same, too. Kind of like [...]
By Jeremy Gulley What does it take to be a friend? Sometimes in life, our past experiences allow us to better understand people if we allow ourselves to open up and connect. This week, I was taught a lesson on understanding and friendship. Three years ago my family adopted Daisy, a black Great Dane who [...]
By Jeremy Gulley “How do you feel now?” the nurse asked. My dad’s glazed-over stare told everyone in the room that the valium he was given to help with his dizziness was working, and working well. “What?” he replied. “Are you feeling okay?” the nurse asked again. “Feeling great” he replied, “really, really good.” We [...]
Kevin Gray Little did I once realize or suspect what a mark Dr. Alicia Arbaje would make in the field of medicine someday. But, then, that was about 20 years ago, and I was focused on the present time and a new student I was told had been jumped a grade or two. When Alicia [...]
Kevin Gray All I could think at the Miami County Big Brothers Big Sisters first annual Pancake Feed on Saturday morning is how they got that title all wrong. It should’ve been the Miami County Big Brothers Big Sisters first annual pancake, eggs, sausage, bacon, toast, etc., All You Can Eat Feed thanks to the [...]
By Jeremy Gulley Every year it’s the same thing. People everywhere say that this year they are going to cut back and remember the true meaning of Christmas. Then at midnight on Thanksgiving, people crowd in to Walmart trying to get the perfect present for the lowest price or the lowest priced perfect present. Every [...]
By Jeremy Gulley We didn’t want him to go with us. Not because we don’t like him, but the idea of taking a three year old, who has zero experience hiking and can be . . . um . . . difficult, on a rocky, hilly, sometimes dangerous hike didn’t seem like a good idea. [...]
By Beth Gulley With only a few weeks to go in the semester, we are entering the time of year when I wish Madeline L’Engle’s idea of the tesseract would apply to time in our space. For those of you who have not read A Wrinkle in Time, L’Engle uses the idea of the tesseract [...]