Beauty, Oddity and the Middle Ground 8/17/2025

By: Jennifer Richardson Holt My daughter is a singularly unique soul. Actually, even that statement feels a bit too broad. Though true, I long for a word better than “unique.” “Extraordinary” comes closer—and I don’t say that merely from the bias of a mother’s heart. She truly is, in so many ways, unlike any otherContinue reading “Beauty, Oddity and the Middle Ground 8/17/2025”

Everything Changes and Nothing Does 4/27/2025

By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I have heard it said more than once lately that the world is in trouble with this next generation coming up. No, it isn’t the most encouraging thing to hear.  The thing is, I work on a major university campus, so I do get a very up close and personal samplingContinue reading “Everything Changes and Nothing Does 4/27/2025”

In Spite of It All, Hope 9/8/2024

By: Jennifer Richardson Holt I was listening to someone express the woes of today’s society and honestly, I wasn’t disagreeing.  The conversation carried on down the path of bemoaning how the world isn’t what it used to be and how things were so terribly different. This is probably, no, definitely true.  I absolutely didn’t usedContinue reading “In Spite of It All, Hope 9/8/2024”

A Small Town Thursday Night 8/27/2023

By: Jennifer Richardson Holt There is just something about the start of high school football in a small southern town. This is a time of year that is full of reminiscence for me.  I suppose this is mostly caused by the fact that the school that my daughter attends is the same one I attendedContinue reading “A Small Town Thursday Night 8/27/2023”