It didn’t help that I was the first girl in my grade to need a bra or that I was sporting buck teeth and a prominent nose. With my wild curls and unfortunate shag haircut, I couldn’t measure up. She was known for her sleek straight hair, fine features, and flat chest. When I was growing up, Twiggy was the supermodel everyone was trying to emulate. Through my rearview mirror I watched my tiny, sensitive granddaughter stare out the window and compare herself unfavorably to the other girls at preschool.
Why don’t you ask her again? I bet she’ll say yes.” Maybe the little girl you wanted to play with was just having a bad day.
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“You have princess curls," I said gently, “and beautiful olive skin like me and your mommy. She has white hair and white skin, and she doesn’t have curls like me.” “There is someone at my school I want to play with, but she doesn’t want to play with me. It’s nice that your friends want to play with you.”īut last week, she had a different story to tell. “And they like your princess dresses, too. “People like you,” I would say with an amused chuckle. The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s Clayton Holiday Concerts are back! Running this coming Friday through Sunday, the concerts will feature the orchestra along with guest singers Jennifer D’Agostino and Michael Roemer, GO! Contemporary Dance Works, the Knoxville Choral Society and the Webb School of Knoxville Select Ensembles in festive performances of holiday hits. NORTH KNOXVILLE Clayton Holiday Concerts this weekend at the Civic Auditorium More: Cheers to tourism on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, and a new taste of home | Mike Strange “These donations help us deliver hope during the holidays, as well as health and equity every day at our clinics and offices.” “We are grateful to the generous donors who have given to this worthy cause and hope to inspire others in the community,” Jenkins said. Additionally, the nonprofit has a separate fund to cover the costs of other client needs year-round, including co-pay assistance, emergency food aid, and car repairs so that clients can maintain care appointments and more. Positively Living & Choice Health Network relies on donations to serve those affected by HIV/AIDS and to keep Moyers’ legacy alive. Since Positively Living launched Choice Health Network in 2018, the nonprofit’s providers are serving three times the number of people - 6,000 individuals and families in four cities across the state - than they did when the HOPE Bucket legacy was first undertaken. This year, we’ve brought it to three additional cities across the state, because we know families rely on it for necessities and comfort during the holidays.” “The HOPE Bucket program is a longstanding tradition in Knoxville.
“Our mission is still to provide compassionate, holistic care to those patients, as well as to others who have historically lacked access. “Since our founding in 1996, Positively Living’s purpose has been to care for those living with HIV and AIDS,” said Steve Jenkins, CEO of Positively Living & Choice Health Network, a 501(c)(3).
The HOPE Fund’s purpose is to ensure that people affected by HIV have access to useful items during the holidays, and to fund opportunities to remember those who have lost their lives to AIDS. Positively Living & Choice Health Network providers distributed HOPE Buckets at their Knoxville clinic, “Angel Tree” gifts for 73 children and lunches for clients. The observance unites people in the fight against HIV, shows support for people living with HIV and commemorates those who have died from an AIDS-related illness. 1, World AIDS Day, making this time of year a bit brighter for clients affected by HIV/AIDS. Positively Living & Choice Health Network, joined by Samaritan Ministry, continued a holiday tradition started by Covenant Health’s Hope Center by offering “HOPE for the Holidays” on Dec. NORTH KNOXVILLE Positively Living HOPE gifts offer compassion, comfort To make an appointment, go to the Dapper Dandies Facebook page or call 86. I have faith it’s a good idea and will work out.” “I got through the valleys with the belief that this is an idea to serve people who need it. “If you stand on a mountaintop and look at where you’re going, you see the peaks, not the valleys,” Rogers said. Rogers is pleased with the direction of his shop, but it hasn’t always been easy.