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Highlighting Local Gems

Over the past decade we have had the chance to learn about so many incredible folks from a wide range of industries and backgrounds and our highlighter series is designed to give us an opportunity to go deeper into their stories with to goal of understanding them, their thought process, how their values formed and the foundations of their stories. Check out some incredible folks below – many of whom you may have read about already and a few new names as well.

Drenda Williams

My day starts with prayer. I thank God for my many blessings, read the Bible verse <span style=’background-color: rgb(178, 214, 243);’>and</span> devotion for the day and ask <span style=’background-color: rgb(178, 214, 243);’>God what</span> message should I share for the day. What God puts on my heart I post on my social media. I stretch…workout in my home gym then get ready to start my day.  Read more>>

Josephine Pace

Family Friends God Animals and Loyalty, integrity, kindness and trustworthiness. Read more>>

Jennifer Wenderott

I think covid really changed my view on the world. It made me realize how important it was to slow down and just live in the moment. I was always racing around to do as much as I could in the day. Always adding more and more to my list of things that needed done, but never getting everything crossed off. Read more>>

Aspin Durbin

A major change in the way I viewed myself happened when I was 13, when my twin brothers were born. At that time, my mother struggled with postpartum depression and my father with deep depression, so I stepped into a caretaker role while also starting high school. Read more>>

 

 

 

 

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