Living with chronic pain means living in-between worlds—in between doctor visits, in between diagnoses, in between good pain days and bad pain days, in between moments of grief and longing…
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ARKANSAS STORIES
Celebrating the Strength of Arkansas
It was her ability to teach combined with her love for us that made learning in her class so much fun. She inspired me to want to learn more. …
We tell ourselves stories in order to live… We look for the sermon in the suicide, for the social or moral lesson in the murder of five. We interpret what…
For this small-town, rural farm girl, Christmas conjures the kinds of memories one might imagine fitting under the title of “An Arkansas Christmas.” And I am certainly not knocking them….
What cuts through the gray to show us there is always a choice? It's hope, writes our editorial director and chief curator, Gwen Faulkenberry. Her latest Sunday column in the...
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I went to Girl Scout camp one summer. It was a two-week camp, all girls of course. We slept in tents for the duration of the two weeks. Two girls…
I have never been to Burma but my parents were originally from Burma. We are Karen. Karen is the third largest ethnic group population in Myanmar. Many Karen have migrated…
It was August 1, 2019. Just another normal day at work, or so I thought. I arrived early that day. It was hot outside. Sweat beads were already starting to…
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