Posts by Ashley Thornton
Waco City Plan 2040: An idea for the Future Grandparents of Waco…
By Ashley Bean Thornton My Facebook feed is full of babies right now: Girl babies, boy babies; bald babies, hairy babies; laughing babies, serious babies, crying babies; every shade and shape of baby! I am in awe everyday of all of these beautiful ears and toes and tiny fingers, all these little eyes taking everything in, all these…
Read MoreEntrepreneurs of Waco: Cuppiecakes
(Note: This post is part of a series called “Entrepreneurs of Waco.” The series is collaboration between the McLennan Small Business Development Center (SBDC), the Professional Writing program at Baylor University, and Act Locally Waco. The McLennan Small Business Development Center offers technical assistance, business mentoring, training, and resources for all stages of small business.…
Read MoreUpcoming Latino Mental Health Conference offers Hope, Tools for Churches
By Joe Padilla One of the ongoing challenges church pastors and lay-leaders face today are the mental health issues and illnesses affecting individuals and families. Why? Because research reveals that 1 in 5 adults and 1 in 5 children in a given year deal with mental illness. In addition, mental disorders are twice as frequent among the…
Read MoreGoing Green is a Black and Brown Issue
by Lucas Land We are at a watershed moment in history. We face multiple ecological crises, and time is running out. Transitioning to a sustainable society is THE issue of our generation, the greatest challenge that the human race has ever faced. It is a truly global crisis and therefore unites us, because we are…
Read MoreEntrepreneurs of Waco: Uncommon Healthcare
(Note: This post is part of a series called “Entrepreneurs of Waco.” The series is collaboration between the McLennan Small Business Development Center (SBDC), the Professional Writing program at Baylor University, and Act Locally Waco. The McLennan Small Business Development Center offers technical assistance, business mentoring, training, and resources for all stages of small business.…
Read MoreTeaching the Value of Life to my Baby
By Anastasia Roberts Life is such a beautiful anomaly. Three months ago I was blessed and honored to give birth to a little baby girl named Analee. She took my world and flipped it into a disarray…in the best way possible. After giving birth to Analee, I began to think a little more critically about…
Read MoreGraveside Remarks for a Relative with Bipolar Disorder
By David Shleicher Note: These were David Schleicher’s remarks for a graveside service for a relative that died an untimely death after years of struggling with bipolar illness. Names have been changed for the sake of privacy. These were first posted in TheContranym.com. – ABT Even after a hundred thousand years, and knowing it…
Read MoreService Learning at Indian Spring: Helping Kids Learn to be Citizens
By Travis Cheatham At Indian Spring Middle School, we describe service learning as “an educational experience that meets real community needs in collaboration with schools and the community.” What does this look like for us? Volunteers from around our community come to our school to facilitate small groups based on the students’ preferred topics. The…
Read MoreFighting Hunger “on the ground” and “in the air”
By Craig Nash From the moment their son Bennett was born and they discovered he had Cystic Fibrosis, my friends Breck and Brian have worked tirelessly to provide him with the tools necessary not just to survive, but to thrive with the chronic disease. Daily protocols of medication and time spent in “The Vest,” a…
Read MoreHow to make a resume
By Diego Loredo For this month’s blog, I decided to touch on something that seems to be a challenge for many students. Making a resume can be confusing and sometimes intimidating. You’re trying to showcase yourself to a future employer, and you have to make sure that your resume is both professional and shows everything…
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