Issue: November-December 2017

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Sam The Lasagna Lady

For Samantha A. Peavy, life, like lasagna, has many layers to it, each with lessons in resilience, endurance, loving again...

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A Trip Down Memory Lane Leads To North Carolina’s Mount Airy

Outside the Andy Griffith Museum, an iconic bronze statue of Andy and Opie, titled "Goin' Fishin,'" was dedicated by TV...

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Top Pediatric Dentist Dr. Jessica Clark

Dr. Jessica Clark knew she wanted to be in pediatrics long before she chose to be a dentist. She started...

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5 Unique Ways To Decorate With Holiday Wreaths

It’s a tradition for many to deck the halls with twinkling white lights, shimmering garland and fresh, plump wreaths ornamented...

A smiling man in a white Copper Fox Distillery shirt pours amber whiskey from a bottle into a bottle labeled Wasmund's Single Malt.

Rick Wasmund Reinvents Spirits at Copper Fox Distillery

The man who is reinventing whiskey talks about his eureka moment. "No one else was doing it," says Rick Wasmund,...

Searching for God in the 7 Cities: Christianity, Part 2

Wave Church And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. ~ 1 Corinthians...

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Giving Back Awards: Peninsula READS

Those who come to Peninsula READS come from all walks of life, each with aspirations for making a better life...

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Giving Back Awards: SMILE

Annabelle's bedroom looks exactly like that of any 4-year-old "girlie girl," as her mother describers her. Cozy stuffed animals overflow...

Baby asleep in bed on his mother's chest, who is enjoying the break from stressful parenting.

Giving Back Awards: H.E.R. Shelter

“One third of Virginia deaths are due to domestic violence,” says Beth Cross, executive director for H.E.R. Shelter. “That’s 33...

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6th Annual Giving Back Awards: Top 25 Hampton Roads Nonprofits

It’s easy to list all the negative concerns we wish we could eliminate from the world: domestic violence, racism, cancer,...

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