Reading Time: 3 minutes Dear Mom, I am so proud to say that my strength of character comes from you. It must have been so overwhelming to lose your own mother at an early age. I know you worked hard at university, only to leave your profession once you married a farmer. From the city you moved to rural […] Read more
A letter to a mother from a very grateful daughter
In ways great and small, we learn to live, laugh, and persevere through the example of those who inspire us

Want to keep those resolutions? This young man knows the secret
Future paleontologist Holden Heppler has the recipe for achieving goals: purpose, passion, and a community of supporters
Reading Time: 3 minutes With holiday dinners behind us and a fresh year ahead, our minds often turn toward our New Year’s resolutions — those promises we make (and just as quickly break) to do better this year. Well, 16-year-old Holden Heppler has a surefire way to stick to those resolutions. “There’s one road to success, and that road […] Read more