It’s hard to believe that this is my fourth year keeping a grateful jar. Four years ago, when I first started keeping a grateful jar, it was simply a new year’s resolution. My intention was to focus on all the things I was grateful for, small or big for the […]
About Jennifer Tee My name is Jennifer Tee. I have been married to my husband, Darren, for 26 years. We met at Carrie Busey where Darrn taught P.E. and I was student teaching. We now both teach at Kenwood Elementary School in Champaign. We have three children ages 21, 18, […]
By Zainab Susi 2020 has felt like the longest year in recent memory, but it’s almost over and we are about to begin 2021. A new year. Sadly, the coronavirus pandemic is not over, and still countless families, workers, and businesses are struggling. My heart goes out to the people […]
About Mindy Mindy Spencer is the Director of Alumni Relations for the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She is also one of the founders of the Mahomet Seymour Equity Alliance. Mindy is a Mahomet-Seymour High School alumna. She has a BS in Environmental […]
Congratulations to Iman Zainab Hussain for achieving an MBA on December 12, 2020 from Illinois State University. From a young age Iman always excelled in academics and arts. As an older sister, she’s helped teach me in many subjects, even when it was difficult to accept her help she never […]
About Branda Farney I grew up in LeRoy, IL and graduated from high school there. Soon after graduation I got married and began my life together with Jerry these 54 years. Jerry went to college and became a pastor; so, I became a pastor’s wife. We lived away for 22 […]
By Zainab Susi Due to the coronavirus pandemic everyone’s life was affected in some way. We all had to change our lifestyles and our everyday thinking. What we used to enjoy daily and our sense of normalcy is gone for now. I don’t know what normal means anymore. But I […]
No matter how bad the situation is, there is always something we can be thankful for. Sometimes, it’s very hard to think positive and look at the bright side but remember, things could always be worse. Due to the coronavirus and its influence on all aspects of our lives, every […]
By Zainab Susi I know someone, who for many years, has been working very hard to train themself as a marathon runner. He has run many races for several years, improving his time, and last year he found out that he qualified for the Boston Marathon. He was very excited […]
By Zainab Susi Many people make different kinds of New Year Resolutions, sometimes we keep them and sometimes we don’t. But 2020 is a different year. It’s given us time to reflect and pay attention to who we are, how we live, and what we work for. It’s hard to […]
