meet along the way: Gracie Aguirre
By Jasmine Jones This story was first published in the September 2023 issue of The Best Years. Gracie Aguirre grew up in Durango, Mexico, wh...
September reading recommendations
Curated by: Kayla Thompson, Adult Services, Cape Girardeau Public Library Where has the year gone? Here we are in September already. Looking...
from the editor: Fall 2023, “lineage”
My mom is really good at raising kids. While I know that could sound like bragging, and maybe it is, I am grateful to her not only for the w...
Parents and Kids: Let’s Make Something Together
It’s fun to spend time with your little person, and they love receiving your attention, too. Here’s a fun activity you can do with the c...
Visual Telephone: Three photographers, one project.
This is a game of photography telephone, and here’s how it works: flourish photographer Aaron Eisenhauer took a photo and passed it along ...
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...