By June Mathews To hear that a suburban couple and their children are moving to a new home isn’t all that unusual. But to hear they’re moving from the comforts and conveniences of a place like Mountain Brook to a third-world country is altogether different. Most families would never consider taking such a step, especially when school-age kids are involved. John and Bethany … [Read more...]
Bacon, Football and Hope: Foundry Leadership Breakfast Features Saban on Leadership
By Emily Williams The theme for the eighth annual Leadership Breakfast for The Foundry Ministries – Bacon, Football and Hope – served as a nod to keynote speaker Nick Saban, University of Alabama head football coach, as well as celebrating the ministry’s mission. More than 700 business leaders from the community attended the May 17 event, which focused on the effect The … [Read more...]
A Mom (or Dad’s) Greatest Resource: Parenting Websites and Apps Focus on Birmingham Issues and Events
By Sarah Kuper A Mom With a Mission For nearly nine years, Angie Cleland has been the woman behind birminghammommy.com. A glance at the site shows lists of local events, DIY projects and recipes, along with general parenting tips from moms and experts. The internet is full of “mommy blogs,” but Cleland said her site is different from other parenting resources in that it is … [Read more...]
A Family Relays: Vestavia Hills Mother and Children Join the Fight Against Cancer
By Emily Williams When it came time for Lindy Walker of Vestavia Hills to tell her son and two daughters that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer, she put her husband in charge. “We waited a little while before we told them,” Walker said. She had three separate lumpectomies before the doctors gave her the news that she had cancer. “You never think it will happen to … [Read more...]
Art Administration: MBAA President-Elect Preps for Annual Spring Show
By Emily Williams Ed Wilson of Mountain Brook said he isn’t a lifelong painter so much as an accidental one. It was Wilson’s career in pathology that brought him to Birmingham. He was a pathologist at Children’s of Alabama, and after his retirement from Cunningham Pathology in Mountain Brook, he stumbled upon painting as one way to stay active. “The joy of painting caused … [Read more...]