Cara Gerdiman

Cara Gerdiman

She asked, “Am I pregnant?” She had been carrying that question for two years. I grew up in a family with six kids. My mother was the Girl Scout leader and the Boy Scout leader and she was always at school. I don’t know how she did it. I still don’t. She...
Eric Miller

Eric Miller

Eric Miller, a Lebanon native, pursued Political Science at The University of Chicago after graduating from Lebanon High School in 2000. A summer stint in Alaska led him to meet his wife, Heather Harris. Their journey took them across the country, living on a sailboat...
Krysta McKinney

Krysta McKinney

A lot of moms second guess everything. I do too. I was born and raised in Lebanon. I had a good childhood here. This has always been my community. After graduation I went to cosmetology school in Springfield. I thought it was what I wanted, but after working for about...
Rebekah Middleton

Rebekah Middleton

I am the last person anyone wants knocking on their door. I grew up in Versailles. My parents divorced when I was young, and my dad moved away for work, but my mom kept us here. From the outside, it looked normal enough. But there were things happening in my home that...
April Robinson

April Robinson

Where you start doesn’t have to be where you end up. I was born in Louisiana, but growing up we moved around a lot. I lived in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama. Alabama is where I spent most of my childhood until about seventh grade. That was around the time I...