Uncommon Stories

Real people - Real life - Real truth - Stories of the moments when the bigger picture comes into focus

Pictures

Fearless

woman smiling

Tracy in her fashionable wig

Kansas City Chiefs fan

Supporting her KC Chiefs

woman with short hair

Tracy's own beautiful hair

woman with ball cap

"Hat Wig" Hair sewn into cap 🙂

mother and son

Tracy and her son Derek. Picture behind shows them after her first cancer diagnosis.

short hair after chemo

No More Hiding! ????????????????????????

family together

Tracy and her family

last chemo treatment

Tracy completes chemo 2020

group of ladies with basket

Our group the year Tracy was first diagnosed

What Do You Do With Loss?

Couple with tiny baby

Wendy, Gary and Isaiah

two gift boxes

Becky's box (L) Wendy's box (R)

Chinese couple at Christmas

Wendy, Gary and Josephine

Premature infant's feet

Isaiah's little feet

Mother and child

Wendy and Joey

hand written note

Becky's note to Wendy

mother with premature infant

Wendy and Isaiah

Adorable Chinese baby

Josephine

box filled with gifts

Wendy's box to give away

What Faith Can Do

Tammy and Howie Nunnelly

Tammy and Howie

New Life Radio

group of women having lunch

Our group out having lunch

Impact Life Church

Impact Life Church

group of women having lunch

Our group back together a few years later

Messy In The Middle

three friends our for lunch

Mike, Patti and I on our first road trip

man skiing

Mike's first time skiing

man having ice tea

Celebration lunch

two friends with cake

Mike and I celebrating his birthday

man at courthouse

Happy to be off probation!!

man and his car

Mike and his car

Unopened Letters

Unopened Letters

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hand holding Bible

Some pretty well worn letters????

open worn Bible

The Bible I used for our Matthew study

stack of letters

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unopened letters

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The Case for Christ

hand written notes

Study notes for Matthew

The Hardest Thing

Candy and her mother at graduation

Candy at graduation with her mom

Candy

Candy

Candy with Tosia and Harmon

Candy with Tosia and Harmon

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Quote by Nido Qubein

Quote by Nido Qubein

Candy with her grandchild

Candy with her grandchild

dressing up

Having fun dressing up at Eureka Springs

Candy

Candy

girls at lunch

Part of our group out for lunch

A Father’s Love

Dad and me on my wedding day

Dad and me on my wedding day

David, John and I at Dad's office

David, John and I at Dad’s office

engraving

Engraving Dad had made for me of our family home

Me outside Dad's office

Me outside Dad’s office

family portrait

Our family portrait

David wins the Music Master Award

David wins the Music Master Award

Rosevelt needlepoint

Theodore Rosevelt quote

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Dad and me

Dad and me

Endings and Beginnings

Cross still stands at St Mary's.

Cross still stands at St Mary’s.

boy on uprooted tree

Uprooted trees make great climbing

F5 tornado

F5 tornado

house destroyed

Stairway takes you nowhere

Joplin tornado

Complete destruction for miles

after tornado with flag

Destruction is like a war zone

men in truck

Pastor and work crew from our church

Cars tossed everywhere

Cars tossed everywhere

St. John's Hospital was raised off it's foundation

St. John’s Hospital was raised off it’s foundation

Taylor Benge

Taylor Benge

Why Didn’t You Tell Me?

Question marks

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Link at end of story

Link at end of story

Our pizza stop where Marie and I first talked

Our pizza stop where Marie and I first talked

Part of our group for this year

Part of our group for this year

A snap shot on the ski trip

A snap shot on the ski trip

The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren

The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren

It’s Not Too Late

train and motorcycle

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caboose on train

The caboose – be on it!

Train on the tracks coming through Garfield

Train on the tracks coming through Garfield

Our usual meeting place at the Short Stop

Our usual meeting place at the Short Stop

Short Stop - home of the Giant Cones :)

Short Stop – home of the Giant Cones 🙂

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motorcycle rider

Rider reminding me of William

dog

Dixie

The Promise Of A Dance

camp

Youth With A Mission – Ozarks

Mission trip with a group of girls

The girls and me having fun

chaperones

chaperones

Ozark Nursing Home

Ozark Nursing Home

It Just Takes One

woman with blonde hair

Stephanie

mom and her sons

Steph, Michael and Douglas

mother and daughter

Steph and her mom, Libby

friends

Me and Steph 🙂

kids

Jaxtyn and Kennedy

A fun family picture

Michael, Libby, Steph and Douglas

family

Douglas, Steph, Michael, Aubrey and Jaxtyn

mom kissing son

Steph and Michael

son's graduation

Michael’s graduation

Douglas' graduation

Douglas’ graduation

kids playing

grand babies

Kelly’s Story

A beautiful friend

Kelly

mom and baby

Kelly and her grandchild

Sis and me :)

Sis and me 🙂

Kelly , Marty and Brandy

Kelly , Marty and Brandy

mom and baby in pool

Kelly at the pool

Kelly in younger days

Kelly in younger days

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stack of letters

Unopened Letters

The Hardest Thing

The Hardest Thing

It's Not Too Late

It's Not Too Late

Miracles Never Cease

Miracles Never Cease

A Better Tomorrow

A Better Tomorrow