The Politics of Generosity: Reclaiming Our Nation’s Misspent Vocabulary

Women’s Fund Executive Director Zoe Lawhorn, let me write whatever I wanted to. Now, there’s an irresistible invitation for any writer! I called it, The Politics of Generosity: Reclaiming Our Misspent Vocabulary. Women’s Fund of Smith County...

Mother-in-law, Daughter-in-law, Mentoring: Relationships Can Go Right

I couldn’t wait to interview family expert Deb DeArmond. But what to ask her first? We chose to focus on the mother-in-law, daughter-in-law relationship.  Author, Speaker, and Life Coach Deb DeArmond with husband, Ron. Deb packed this episode with wisdom from her...

Family Fatigue: Building Back Better Families with Deb DeArmond

Got “family fatigue”? With the holidays over, we all know family fatigue is real. I wish I’d coined the phrase, family fatigue. But I borrowed it from a wise friend. I thought I’d find family fatigue all over the internet. But maybe my friend invented it. Just in...

Transitional Housing: Homelessness and PATH’s Ideas that Work

Just when the media fills our screens with pictures of people collapsed on the side walk surrounded by trash and wasted needles, PATH offers us hope. Can homelessness and hope even exist in the same news story without some kind of bizarre holiday-inspired...

Homelessness: A Compassionate PATH to Help

PATH Executive Director Andrea Wilson (Callynth Photography) Can we help neighbors get to the other side of a crisis without living in their car or under overpasses? Or on vacant acreage? Can we help people stay in the homes they already have? Is it possible to...

Civic-Minded Kids: PATH for the Next Generation with Andrea Wilson

Everything seems “upside down,” as my hubby describes the current state of our culture. Are you also concerned about the culture we hand off to the next generation? Maybe, like us, you’re paying close attention. Who else is raising civic-minded kids and...