The face of homelessness is changing. Once upon a time if a person were asked to describe the homeless they would talk about a middle-aged man on a street corner with a bottle of whisky in a brown paper sack. Although this stereotype is true for some, the population has shifted with the decades, and a …
Meet Jason Spears. He is articulate, educated, skilled and mild-mannered. But just like the next person, Spears is a work in progress. The 48-year-old went from being a happily married construction manager making a six-figure salary to being broke, divorced and living in shelters. He needed more than a change of circumstances. He needed a …
Karen Prescott likes to reflect while sitting on her front porch, amid colorful flowerbeds and garden sculptures with inspiring messages. “I’m a nature person.” In her window sill sit three decorative frogs named Hope, Dream and Love. A small pastel flag with a smiley face and peace sign welcomes guests at the foot of green …
When I was a teenager, basketball was basically my world. I lived, ate, and breathed basketball from early in the morning until late at night. At some point in the tenth grade, I was watching a video of myself shooting the ball and realized that my technique was way off. If I wanted to be …