Stories

“I’m a lead instructor for Friends of Literacy’s adult program. I love it. The program really fits a need – a lot of people don’t recognize that. You may have something very basic in the supermarket, where someone will stop you and say, “I left my reading glasses at home, can you tell me what […]

“This can happen to anyone. Anyone! Money doesn’t last forever, jobs don’t last forever. You get thrown into a situation where you lose everything. We had an apartment, but the landlord wouldn’t maintain anything. There was a faucet that leaked and started to cause mold, and we had a bad roach problem, and nothing was […]

“When you’re a kid, you never say, “I’m going to become homeless. Mom, when I grow up, I’m going to live on the streets!” What kind of kid says that? Things in your life happen that’s out of your control, and you end up there. Nobody chooses to be there. And there are so many […]

“I lived in a town called Branson and I heard it referred to as Pigeon Forge West.  So, I started looking at Pigeon Forge on the computer and I saw that it’s almost the same. I really wanted to get back to a Jesus town because I grew up in Tulsa. I also saw they […]

“I have a big city mind, but a country heart. I moved up North for my business, to live in the big cities. When you’ve been raised in the south, and you go up North, it’s completely different. New York wasn’t too bad, but I sure as heck didn’t want to retire there, because they […]