To help get you in the Thanksgiving spirit, here’s something a little different from Shona Saunders, mom to Ethan (9) and Eli (4). “I’ve always been a storyteller and I love to write. I was trying to make this one a...
“I was an overweight kid, and I was picked on a lot. I wasn’t a very happy child. So somewhere growing up I made a conscious decision to be happy and to speak up when I see anyone else experience pain...
“I like to play. But when I’m at work driving these buses, I’m there. I’m going to do whatever it takes to do a good job. When I decided to get a CDL and I walked in the door at the...
“I’ve been riding since I was 5 years old. As a kid I had a bunch of different dirt bikes. As an adult I’ve had two street bikes. The last one, a Harley Sportster, I’ve had for 16 years. Her name...
“My dad left us a long time ago. When they split up I was still a tiny, little thing playing with the chickens and other animals in our yard in Saint Lucia. He moved to Saint Croix and from there to...
He told me he spent most of his life in California, before moving to Texas about a year ago. He told me he voted for Hilary Clinton. Then I asked if he had any concerns following the election. “At the end...
“I lived in California most all of my life, but my family’s roots are in the South. Back in the 1950s, my great aunt and other black students were traveling over 20 miles to school every day when there was another...
“I’ve always been afraid of moving forward and seeing where life is going to lead me. When I graduated high school, everybody was trying to go to a big university but I was too afraid to leave. So I went to...
“Answering 911 calls can be very horrifying and breathtaking and everything else. You’re talking on the radio. You’re talking on the phone. You’re dealing with officers, paramedics, firefighters, and citizens who are very upset. “What helps me is PCP: patience, compassion...
“I’ve handled so many 911 calls through the years, they tend to blur together. But I guess there’s one that really stands out from when I first started working here. “A child called. I think she was 6 years old. She...
