by sarah | Aug 29, 2026 | Voices of Hope
You don’t get to pick your hard. We moved to Lebanon when I was three. Before that, my family was living in Saudi Arabia. My dad was a chemical engineer for a company that built oil refineries and manufacturing facilities all over the world. My mom didn’t...
by sarah | Aug 28, 2026 | Voices of Hope
When people tell me I can’t do something, I think, well, could I? I grew up in Neosho, Missouri. Sports were my life. I played three sports a year all through high school. It was fun, but it was also my outlet. Whatever frustrations I had, that is where they went. I...
by sarah | Aug 18, 2026 | Voices of Hope
Jason had asked me to prom junior year. I said no. I couldn’t afford a dress. I grew up military. I was born in Memphis, Tennessee, spent my elementary years in Japan, and lived more places than I can count. By the time I graduated high school, I was in Rapid City,...
by sarah | Aug 8, 2026 | Voices of Hope
I was eight years old when I decided the world would be better off without me. I grew up in a little Iowa town called Lockridge. One stop sign. Rural school, kindergarten through sixth grade, then everybody got bussed into the bigger school for junior high and high...
by sarah | Aug 1, 2026 | Voices of Hope
I thanked God that our family was complete. But He wasn’t done. My mom’s from Sullivan and my dad’s from Neosho. They met each other at what used to be SMSU and settled in the middle. I grew up in Marshfield until I was about seven and moved to Lebanon...
by sarah | Jul 25, 2026 | Voices of Hope
I used to think that if you want to make a big difference, you have to be in a big city. I’m from a lot of places. Born in California. Lived in Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas City for a bit. My dad was a pastor most of my life and we moved around a lot. When I was...
