Habitat for Humanity is ‘wonderful work’
“I had done a lot in the community with some other nonprofits. But Habitat for Humanity, I don’t know, I just love it. It’s wonderful work, providing homes for low-income families.” How big is the need?...
Author: David Berkowitz
‘I met him because IT wouldn’t help me’
“I like to tell people that I met him because IT wouldn’t help me. I had to build a webpage for our intranet, and I couldn’t get any help from our IT department. So someone told...
They both feel lucky they found each other
“About a year and a half into this I thought, you know, I met the girl who has everything I want. Of course I still had to do some vetting in my head, but she seemed...
His heart is in helping others through police work
“I’ve had my badge in Baytown for almost 26 years, but I left for five years to work as an operator at Bayer. One day at the plant, there was a sight glass blowout. Sight glass...
Mounted patrol officer at home in the saddle
“I’ve been on mounted patrol since it started, almost 22 years ago. I remember because it was the same year my son was born. “Growing up, my grandfather rode and I used to go on trail...
College class was life-changing experience
“There was this class offered for one week. I wasn’t doing well with school so I was like, hey, one week of class, three credits, I’ll take that. It was a Baptist history class. The teacher...
He wants to be treated like ‘normal human being’
“I was living at an RV park. Me and my friend were staying there. He lit a cigarette and threw it at the propane tank. It had a hose leak, and it blew up. The whole...
High school graduation ‘biggest day of my life’
“I have a psychiatric disorder. It started getting pretty bad after my grandpa passed on. I began going in and out of psych units. I’ve had some issues, but as long as I continue to take...
ATV accident leads to partial foot amputation
“I was riding in an ATV, a Ranger six-seater, and it rolled. My foot got caught underneath the tail bed. I just remember waking up and seeing people trying to lift the Ranger off of us....
She wants to help others through music therapy
“When I was in the hospital, they found out that I liked music and that I could play the piano. So they had this little keyboard they would bring up to my room and let me...
