Hand-me-downs: A lineage of women in my wardrobe
By Jasmine Jones Clothing is made up of lines: Threads weave into fabric. Pieces connect by stitches. Hems tidy the ends, neatly bordering w...
Becoming a Caregiver: Transitioning into caring for aging parents
By Amanda Flinn When Tina Moore of Sikeston, Mo., was attending nursing school, she had no idea how useful her skills would be in caring for...
Parenting: Karey and Jason Schaitel, foster and adoptive parents
Babies start out blank, clean, new, and parents get to be the ones who expose them to whatever they will know and how they will know it. Lik...
Parenting: Velencia Morris-Young and James Young, biological parents
Babies start out blank, clean, new, and parents get to be the ones who expose them to whatever they will know and how they will know it. Lik...
Parenting: Heather and Mark Mayhew, biological and international adoptive parents
Babies start out blank, clean, new, and parents get to be the ones who expose them to whatever they will know and how they will know it. Lik...
Artist Spotlight: Hannah March Sanders
Hannah March Sanders didn’t initially want to be an artist (both of her parents are artists). She didn’t want to marry an artist. She di...
Vacation-themed reads
Curated by: Kayla Thompson, Adult Services, Cape Girardeau Public Library The month of August signals a lot of things, but mostly it reminds...
meet along the way: Becky Brown
By Amanda Flinn This story was first published in the August 2023 issue of “The Best Years” as “Faces of Southeast Missour...
meet along the way: Shirley K. Davis
This story was originally published as “The Pie Angel: Local woman blesses people with homemade food and hospitality” in the May...