All posts by Dennia Beard

  • New Year, New Driver?

    Happy New Year! With the start of a new year, we tend to look for opportunities to wipe the proverbial slate clean and start again....

  • Protecting Your Precious Gifts

    I love going to my Nanny’s house. We call her my Nanny, but she is really my perfect grandmother. She is strong and sweet and...

  • True Love Ways

    What do you get when you combine one house, two parents, two adorable daughters (both teenagers,) one dog, one bunny, and one guinea pig? You...

  • A Remarkable Tradition

    All spring and summer, I am a graceful, classy lady…then football starts. There’s nothing like high school football! I love the sheer physicality of it....

  • Paint Your Picture

    I remember planning out my future in my mind when I was 15 years old. The visualization was so real that it was almost literal....

  • Plant A Seed, Watch It Grow

    I have been a little weepy lately. A few nights ago, a sad detail in a book made me burst into tears like I was...

  • Doggone Inflation!

    Mmmm…This glass of red wine that I just purchased from Dollar General is delicious. I honestly never thought I would type that sentence, but here...

  • The Gift of Intention

    Well, Clark, what can I say? It is Christmas and we are all in misery!” Ellen Griswald, Christmas Vacation. Ah, the holidays…families come together; old...

  • Healthy Eating on a Budget

    “Healthy eating” and “budget-friendly eating” are not typically two phrases that you hear together often, as healthy food tends to be pricier than junk food....

  • Taking Care of Health & Wealth

    I admit that when I got the email indicating the theme of this publication this quarter, I became VERY excited. I finally get to talk...