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...
by sarah | Mar 8, 2026 | Voices of Hope
I love my job. I was born in Ohio. My family moved to Palm Beach Gardens, Florida when I was very young. I grew up in the best community. They would shut down one side of the street during school hours so all the kids could safely walk and ride their bikes to school....
by sarah | Mar 3, 2026 | Voices of Hope
Before God could use my heart, He had to heal my heart. I grew up in this area, going to school in Conway and then Joel E. Barber before graduating from Lebanon High School. After that, I attended Missouri State University where I earned my bachelor’s followed by my...
by sarah | Feb 17, 2026 | Voices of Hope
I was a foster kid. For a long time, I felt like there was a stigma attached to saying that, instead of acknowledging that that chapter of my life helped shape who I am today. When I was young, there was a brief time that my sister and I were in and out of foster...
