In 1929, with the Depression going full swing, my mother used her “Mother’s Pension” given to her from the railroad to go to Beauty school in Quincy.
Jesus often told parables which are really stories to turn the thinking of the listener upside down.
A few years ago, the staff and board of directors for what was then called the Sangamon County Community Foundation saw an opportunity to expand their reach beyond Sangamon County.
August is right around the corner, and by the time you’re reading this it may well already be here.
Let it be known that in my family I hold the record for the amount of mosquito bites at one time.