It’s impossible to predict the result when a new element is added to an existing situation. In the case of beach volleyball players Gabby Walker and Maggie Boyd, both of Flower Mound, the results were all kinds of wonderful. Gabby and Maggie bonded in a BFF friendship at 11 years old. Then, one day, they…
It was August 2018 when 47-year-old Wayne Reid died suddenly and unexpectedly of a heart attack. He left behind his beloved wife Natalie and their three young boys – Joshua, Austin, and Brody. The Reids were a God-centered family filled with love but, after Wayne’s death, Natalie joined the approximately 700,000 women who become new…
Anyone who harbors an entrepreneurial spirit as strong as Nicole Harris must, eventually, let it fly. In 2009 she launched her first pet sitting and dog walking service, Personable Pet Care, in Little Elm. Following in-depth research, Nicole opened Bliss Pet Resort and Spa in Prosper in 2013. It offered a full menu, including dog…
What would prompt someone to not just build a state-of-the-art gun range in Argyle but to also make it a project straight from the heart? The desire was to create a unique gun range with safety in mind, family-friendly, and designed to accommodate disabled guests. 407 Gun Club opened in July of 2017, with continuing…
No one can live comfortably through a Texas summer without air-conditioning, which is why there are more than two hundred HVAC companies in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. So, how does one company separate itself from the crowd? Well, Triple A in Flower Mound has that answer! It’s been in the HVAC industry since 1949, been…
There are probably people who wonder why Scott Baird of Corinth volunteers so much of his time to civic projects. Ask him. His answer is always short, direct, and sincere. “This is my community and these are my people,” he says. “It’s my responsibility to help when, where, and however I can.” Baird moved from…
There was a time when our mothers cautioned us not to talk to strangers before pushing us gently out the door into the fresh air to play. The world has changed since then. A lot. Threats to the physical, mental, and emotional safety of all age groups proliferate at an alarming rate. As a rule,…
Somewhere tucked into the body of 11-year-old Mia Camm of Flower Mound, is a compassion-filled old soul. It’s supported by the beating of a huge heart, so huge that it’s amazing it could grow to such large proportions in only 11 years. Mia felt the first stirrings of entrepreneurship at just five years old, but…
Some words are just naturally spoken with a sense of awe, the way it is in the Lake Cities when the topic turns to Duck Inn. Aubry Howard, a sheet metal mechanic with a government contract job in Arkansas, and his wife Nellie were from Lake Dallas. They loved the quiet, lakeside fishing town and…
Every business, regardless of the product or service it provides, has its customized yardstick for measuring growth. Most employ a “How Many” or “How Much” calculator – how many widgets did we sell from local inventory? How many new orders did we place? How much profit did we record in each quarter? Dr. Kelly Smith,…