“I believe my love of art came from my parents. They really encouraged me to think abstractly. “Having ADD (attention deficit disorder), I was always talking nonstop and coming up with these random stories. But they...
“My first grade teacher would be reading to the class, and I would get up and start running around in circles and doing stuff. Then she would ask me, ‘What did I just say? Were you...
What do you do when your oldest daughter and her two children live thousands of miles away in another country? For Melanie Ferguson, you communicate on Facebook and text as often as possible. And you beam...
“My heart has always been kind of connected to nature. I grew up in Van Horn out in far West Texas. You could walk outdoors, and there would be mountains and wildlife everywhere. I used to...
“I’ve always had blonde hair, but there have been times when it’s had some pink or blue in it. I’ve put braids in it and tried other things. “I’ve always enjoyed messing with hair. When we...
“I was an uh-oh baby. My parents were very young, 17. So my grandpa told my dad, ‘You’re not taking my girls until you get an education.’ My mom and I lived with my grandparents for...
“Katy texted me one day and said, ‘What do you think about opening up a barbershop?’ I had already started going down that road, investigating things and getting some help from Lee College’s Small Business Development...
“Texas A&M asks the lettermen to come back every year for basketball. They invited us in December for the Feb. 3 game against South Carolina. I noticed that Wally Moon had signed up to come, so...
“I grew up during the Great Depression. Unless you lived in those times, it’s hard to imagine how poor people were back then. We didn’t have much. So when I became interested in playing basketball, my...
A recent story on Ahime Ornelas included a piece about her indecision of what to do following high school. A chance meeting with a groundskeeper at Lee College sent Ahime on her way to a college...
