Life couldn’t have been better for Julia Fox Garrison. In the summer of 1997, she was enjoying life with her terrific husband Jim and watching their three year old son explore his world. Engrossed in a promising career as an executive in the computer industry, she worried about the things all wives and mothers are concerned about. Juggling the challenges of wife, mother and career woman were the biggest roles she had to face. On July 17, that would change giving her a new set of challenges she never thought she’d have.

If you could do a tribute cd featuring music of your favorite singer, what artist would you honor? For Marius Swart, the answer to that question is a simple one and has remained the same from the time he first heard his favorite artist as a young boy. Jim Reeves speaks to him as no other vocalist ever has. How did he come to know his music? Why does it mean so much?

Homelessness is a reality. Whether by choice or design, the numbers grow in the midst of a troubled economy.

Used to a regular doctor and permanent address, there is no need to think how we would obtain medical help if needed. How do homeless people find the care they need. Emergency rooms are expensive. Without a paper trail or medical insurance, managing health care is almost impossible to receive.

Dr. Jim Withers is changing that. In the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Dr. Withers sees the homeless on the street or buildings he locates for that purpose.

Do you have a friend who has truly passed the friendship test. I feel safe in saying my best friend Nancy Lynn has passed any I could give her and hope she would say the same.

There was a time when we hadn’t met. Little more than long ago pen pals and voices on the phone, we got to know each other very quickly when life dealt her a card anyone would find difficult.