by sarah | Apr 21, 2026 | Voices of Hope
I really don’t have a story. I grew up south of Lebanon, just a few minutes from town, but it felt like the whole world came to us. My dad came from a big family that didn’t have much, and he never forgot that. Most every Saturday in winter, people would show up to...
by sarah | Apr 11, 2026 | Voices of Hope
All I heard was “help.” I needed to be on the other side of that radio. I grew up at the Lake of the Ozarks as just your normal average Ozark kid. After school I worked in the hospitality industry from a hostess, server, and bartender. One day I decided I...
by sarah | Apr 5, 2026 | Voices of Hope
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...
by sarah | Mar 29, 2026 | Voices of Hope
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...
by sarah | Mar 23, 2026 | Voices of Hope
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...
by sarah | Mar 14, 2026 | Voices of Hope
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...
