Wellness

By Carrie Vittitoe Gretchen Wilkins of LaGrange, Kentucky, isn’t technically a superhero, but that is how I imagine her. She spends her days as an information analyst for a local company that makes software for warehouse management, which seems very professional and Clark Kent-like. During her downtime, though, she flies, she spins, and she twirls. For the past 2½ years, Gretchen has been training at Louisville Turners, where she hangs from aerial silks and hoops (lyra) in two hour-long weekly classes. She says, “It’s not a workout where you’re clock-watching because you are learning new [...]

By Bob Mueller Do you hold back from volunteering because you believe your help will not be enough — just a drop in the bucket? I like the example of Mother Teresa, who committed one small voluntary act of kindness, then another, and then another. Ordinary acts of service accumulate into an inspiring, indelible, and loving declaration about the power of helping one another.The word volunteer originally came from an ancient Latin word, voluntarius, meaning “voluntary.” To volunteer, then, is to exercise our free choice on behalf of others. The act of volunteering influences how we [...]

By Carrie VittitoeFayon Davis has been an avid softball player since she was a child. During her childhood, she was the victim of sexual abuse, and playing softball offered her a way to cope. Fayon says, “I had to keep a lot inside, but softball was my out. I’m just grateful that I didn’t explode through the years.”She says she was a tomboy who played with the local boys in the neighborhood, but she enjoyed the game so much that she went on to play softball on scholarship at Florida State. For six of her [...]