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Featured Stories 

10 | A SWEET LEGACY 

H & R Bakery 

16 | FOOD TRAIL 

Southern Indiana Coffee Trail Beckons 

16 

21 | EMPOWERING A COMMUNITY 

502 Power Yoga in Jeffersonville 

26 | GRACEFUL & INSPIRED 

Glass artist Paige Kissinger’s creations honor father 

32 | PRESERVING HISTORY 

Proctor House, Marengo, Indiana 

42 | SINGING HOOSIERS 

Acclaimed group performs in Southern Indiana 

Southern Indiana Living 

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In Every Issue 

7 | FLASHBACK PHOTO 

Snow Day, 1968 

8 | A NOTE TO BABY BOOMERS 

Go West, Old Man. At Least Go Somewhere. 

36 | COMMUNITY PAGES 

Choices Life Resource Center, Jasper Flower & Gifts, 

and more! 

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Local Business Spotlight 

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That First Smile 

46 | EVERYDAY ADVENTURES 

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According to library records, this snapshot was taken in January of 1968 by Ed 

Moss. The view shows a snow-covered Spring Street in New Albany, Indiana, 

looking east. Part of the Elsby building is seen on the left, and Singer’s is just 

beyond it on the NE corner. The St. Marks United Church of Christ tower is in the 

center of the picture. Holiday decorations are still up. According to a handwritten 

note on the back of the photo, 16 inches of snow covered the streets. 


A Note to Baby Boomers 

Go West, Old Man. At Least Go Somewhere. 

Iknow Tammy and Janet. 

I do not know if they attend 

church or dye their hair or watch 

“Dancing with the Stars.” I do not 

know if they pay their parking tickets 

or have sworn off red meat. To be 

honest, maybe they are not Tammy 

and Janet at all. 

They could be Phyllis and Bertha, 

in witness protection. 

Still, I know them. I know them 

because we met in Seattle and reunited 

in Baltimore. I know mostly that 

they, like me, love the San Francisco 

Giants and that they, like me, go to 

crazy lengths to watch Giants games. 

That is enough for now. 

I look forward to knowing more, 

though, if or when we get together in 

Cleveland or San Diego or Toronto or 

Miami or wherever else the Giants 

show up. Our beloved, beleaguered 

team is our common denominator. 

But there is also another. 

They, like me, have suitcases and 

know how to use them. 

It is work to not work. I fumble 

through retirement. I win some and 

lose some in my stare-down of senior 

citizenship. Am I saving enough? Am 

I eating right? Should I see doctors 

more? Do all old guys spend half the 

night in the bathroom? 

Why, all of a sudden, am I ready 

for lunch by 11? 

Then there is travel. Some old 

people know flight attendants as well 

as I know my cousins. They head 

off to Africa and to Alaska – and all 

points in between – like I head off to 

Aldi. 

One friend, a decade my senior, 

actually visited Timbuktu. He 

showed me pictures. I guess there really 

is a Timbuktu. 

These wrinkly vagabonds are on 

cruise ships and airplanes and tour 

buses. They bike, they hike. Meanwhile, 

I check Facebook for updates 

of their adventures. I more often look 

forward to doing nothing rather than 

doing anything. Sure, I occasionally 

convince myself to blow the budget 

on ballgame tickets and beach sunburns. 

Then I occasionally opt instead 

to play it safe, to be ready for new 

hips and the nursing home. I envy 


these whirlwinds. Yet somehow I do 

not join them. 

I think longingly of far-out ZIP 

codes. Then I think of staying close to 

kids and grandkids and pets, in some 

order. Predictability is here, after all. 

Predictability and I get along 

great. 

The thing is, unpredictability is 

where the fun is, where the sights are, 

where the other Tammy and Janet 

types are. Millions of strangers, ready 

not to be strangers, are out there. 

And too few of them are here. 

A trip to Jeffersonville is not on their 

bucket list, believe it or not. 

I shared a recent afternoon trading 

lies and chugging beers with an 

ox-sized, tattoo-plastered, missingfingered 

butcher. I had to go to Florida 

to do it. 

Here is home and family. But 

most incredible museums are not 

here. Most top-shelf history is not 

here. Most of the greatest hits of nature 

are not here. 

Plus, of course, the Giants are 

not here. 

So why am I here almost all 

the time? Why, as I write this, do my 

wife and I have absolutely no trips 

firmed up? We debate the options like 

we debate flavors of potato chips. We 

list the maybes and then, a week later, 

list them again. We rule in, then out, 

the usual places as well as the unusual 

ones. 

We have made reservations but 

sent in no deposits. So no new memories 

are around the corner. 

Good reasons to go lose out to 

bad reasons to stay. We somehow say 

no to cruises and no to Vegas. Canada? 

Mexico? Europe? If only they 

sold passports at Sam’s Club. 

We say yes to too little, that’s 

clear. These strangers and their stories 

are out there. They must be fetched 

like yogurt and orange juice. To go, to 

stay, it goes back to the guts to live in 

the moment, to do what’s best with 

one’s best-left years. 

Why worry so much today about 

tomorrow? Why not join those who 

never will see enough, do enough, 

take enough pictures or go through 

enough airport pat-downs? 

Are these wanderlust people to 

be envied or committed? Are vacations 

worth the expense or the time? 

How many stolen little hotel shampoo 

bottles are too many? 

The value of getaways is in the 

These wrinkly vagabonds are on cruise 

ships and airplanes and tour buses. 

They bike, they hike. Meanwhile, I check 

Facebook for updates of their adventures. 

anticipation, of course. It’s a treat to 

look forward. Here I am, nonetheless, 

with absolutely no pressing reason to 

hit up AAA for maps and tour books. 

Here I am, another winter without 

joining the snowbirds in Florida. Another 

Christmas will come and go 

without me checking out the New 

York lights. 

Not everyone is worth meeting, 

I assume. But why just assume? Why 

don’t I go find out, make my own 

Facebook news? Instead, while others 

wander, I leave people to wonder. 

Is that Moss guy on house arrest or 

something? Why is he not in Timbuktu 

or at least in Tuscaloosa? 

Why should Tammy and Janet 

have all the fun? • 

After 25 years, Dale Moss 

retired as Indiana columnist for 

The Courier-Journal. He now 

writes weekly for the News and 

Tribune. Dale and his wife Jean 

live in Jeffersonville in a house 

that has been in his family 

since the Civil War. Dale’s e- 

mail is dale.moss@twc.com

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Cover Story 

A Sweet Legacy 

A favorite Southern Indiana bakery moves to Salem Square 


Story by Darian Eswine 

Photos by Michelle Hockman

When Duane and Juanita 

Daugherty bought H&R 

Bakery in 2000, they acquired 

a Salem landmark. 

Now, they’re adding their own bit of history 

by moving the bakery to town square. 

Duane said he always wanted to 

run his own business — his mother and 

grandmother were bakers for a living for 

a combined total of about 60 years. Funnily 

enough, baking was not Duane’s specialty. 

“Peanut butter and jelly, I can do.” 

Juanita was the one who threw the 

idea out as they often stopped by the 

bakery before going to work. She asked 

Duane if he’d ever be interested in it if it 

ever went up for sale. Not more than a 

year later, the question became relevant. 

“We were looking for a business and 

wanted to work for ourselves and have 

that challenge,” Juanita said. 

Duane said the bakery didn’t start 

out with much in terms of equipment, and 

the building wasn’t in the best shape. 

“Really what we bought was the 

name and the recipes, to be perfectly honest 

about it,” Duane said. “There were 

nights that we would sleep in front of the 

oven; we wouldn’t make it home.” 

Duane and Juanita have been married 

for 24 years. 

“It was a blind date and I tried to 

back out. My boss had set it up and he 

said, ‘I’ll kill you if you back out,’ so I said, 

‘OK, I’ll go,’ ” Duane said. 

“We went to Burger King,” Juanita 

said. 

Their dynamic makes them great 

business partners. 

“You’ll find he’s our talker. I sit quietly 

back and do all the work,” Juanita 

said, laughing. 

“Juanita is the brains of the operation,” 

Duane said. “Without her, it would 

not fly. We’re really a team; even though 

I have the bigger mouth, we’re a team. 

We’re hard on each other when someone 

has an idea and we’ll bat it back and forth 

until the tennis ball is about beat to death.” 

“ ’Til it concedes that I’m right,” 

Juanita interjected. 

“That’s usually what happens, that’s 

true,” Duane said, laughing. “We’re brutally 

honest with each other and we have 

to be before we put something out there.” 

They’ve been especially thoughtful 

with every decision they’ve made related 

to the bakery’s move to the square. One of 

the things they love about the new space 

is that it’s just around the corner from 

their current location. 

One thing they didn’t anticipate was 

the challenge of self-employment, including 

paying for insurance and finding good 

employees. 

“We’re very fortunate we’ve got a 

When Duane and Juanita Daugherty 

bought H&R Bakery in 2000, they 

acquired a Salem landmark. Now, 

they’re adding their own bit of history 

by moving the bakery to town square. 


They had 15 full-time 

employees at their 

Walnut Street location, 

and when fully staffed, 

they plan to double 

that number at their 

new location. Their 

new location was a 

department store and 

then a fabric shop for 

several years. 

Pictured: (this page, from top) a wide selection of baked goods is available daily; Neill Phelps, training 

staff on coffee beans and knowledge. 


good crew now,” Duane said. He added 

that it’s hard to keep staff with the quick 

turnaround of today’s society. “Knock on 

wood, I’ve got some really good people 

and we couldn’t do it without them.” 

Juanita said they had 15 full-time 

employees at their Walnut Street location, 

and when fully staffed, they plan to 

double that number at their new location. 

Their new location was a department store 

and then a fabric shop for several years. 

“When they vacated it, we knew this 

property had been built very structurally 

sound,” Duane said. “That’s perfect for us 

because the machinery we’re bringing in 

weighs up to 1,200 pounds apiece.” 

The Daughertys also happen to have 

a love and appreciation for older buildings. 

“The biggest thing is we did a lot 

of the work ourselves,” Duane said. “We 

gutted the building, we had 17 dump 

truck loads of the stuff that went out of 

here and we did all the framing, hung all 

the drywall and then we started bringing 

in contractors to put the finishing touches 

on.” 

Doing a lot of it yourself may make 

the project last longer, but Duane said it 

adds to the satisfaction. 

“There’s limited space (at the Walnut 

Street location); here, we’ll be able to do 

everything simultaneously,” Juanita said. 

The unique stamp the Daughertys 

are putting on the bakery involves model 

trains — a lot of them — displayed on 

shelves covering an entire wall of the new 

space. 

“I grew up in New Albany and the 

trains of course come right through town, 

right down 15th Street, and that was my 

old neighborhood, so I would start watching 

trains as a young child and I just continued 

to have that interest,” Duane said. 

He had his first train set at birth because 

his dad saved one for him from his 

childhood. He said the hobby kept him focused 

throughout his life. Growing up in a 

poor family, it gave Duane the goal to one 

day be able to have the trains he didn’t 

have, and that inspired his work ethic. 

“I remember one of the first train 

cars I got, it was like $4.50 and I made a 

quarter a week in allowance, so you can 

calculate how many weeks it took to save 

up to buy this little car,” Duane said. “But 

I still have it and it’s one of the cars that 

means the most to me.” 



Pictured: (this page, top) teacher Lisa Nice (back, right) with the Salem middle school Cubs news staff (clockwise from Lisa) Brooklyn Davisson, Macye Crane, 

Josh Burton, Jada Cooley, and Noah Risen. (this page, bottom) the new storefront on the Salem square.

The H&R Bakery has been in Salem 

since 1946 and has always been a big part 

of the town. Duane and Juanita look at it 

as not only a big commitment, but also as 

something they can weave into their own 

legacy as well. 

“We’re the owners, but really we’re 

the caretakers,” Duane said. “We’re all 

only on this Earth for a certain amount of 

time — we all move on, and you want to 

leave something behind that’s positive. • 

For more information, check out the webstie 

at hrbakery.food73.com 

“I grew up in New Albany and the trains of course come right through town, right down 

15th Street, and that was my old neighborhood, so I would start watching trains as a 

young child and I just continued to have that interest.” 

- Duane Daugherty, Co-Owner, H & R Bakery 


Southern Indiana Food Trail 

Southern 

Indiana 

Coffee Trail 

Beckons 

If you love coffee and tasting unique coffee brews with amazing flavors — or if you just like yours straight — this is the perfect time to indulge. 

Blustery winter weather is upon us, and Southern Indiana offers several places to get in from the cold and enjoy tasty food and hot drinks in a cozy 

atmosphere. Enjoy other delectable delights as well as gourmet coffees and teas. You can find a new favorite at each stop. The following are some of 

the most popular in the area. 

KentJava Bar 

kentjavabar.com 

227 E. Chestnut St. 

Corydon 

812-736-0032 

Coffee Crossing 

coffeecrossing.com 

4212 Charlestown Road 

New Albany 

812-981-2633 

Story by Sara Combs 

Photo by Michelle Hockman 

Located in historic downtown Corydon, KentJava Bar is a local 

coffee shop serving gourmet coffee and espresso, teas, smoothies 

and pastries. The shop is known for quality espresso, roasted 

by Quills Coffee in Louisville, fresh scones and biscotti baked 

in-house, friendly service and a pleasant atmosphere. Regular 

events include a monthly open mic night, euchre tournaments 

and trivia. Free wi-fi is available. The hours are Monday through 

Thursday, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Friday, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday, 8 

a.m. to 8 p.m.; and Sunday 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

Quills Coffee 

quillscoffee.com 

137 E. Market St. 

New Albany 

812-221-1778 

Quills is an attractive coffee spot and cafe in downtown New 

Albany featuring its own specialty brew. Breakfast is served and 

wheelchair seating is available. The hours are Monday through 

Friday, 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, 

8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 


Coffee Crossing is about more than just coffee; it’s about a community 

of people who love their job and bring that to all who 

walk through the doors. Along with numerous gourmet coffee 

selections, Coffee Crossing offers a complete menu of tea and 

fruit smoothie alternatives. The hours at this location are Monday 

through Thursday, 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday, 6:30 a.m. to 

11 p.m.; Saturday, 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.; and Sunday, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. 

For hours and information about other Coffee Crossing locations, 

call 888-465-6067. 

Kolkin Coffee 

www.kolkincoffee.net 

2736 Charlestown Road 

New Albany 

502-526-8576 

Kolkin is a great place for conversation and amazing drinks, such 

as Sunergos coffee, as well as smoothies, Italian sodas and more. 

Seasonal items are available. The hours are Monday through Friday, 

6:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sunday, 

9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Village House Coffee 

villagehousecoffee.com 

8251 State Road 64 

Georgetown 

812-501-5042 

Village House Coffee serves breakfast, is vegetarian-friendly and 

offers gluten-free options. Takeout is available, and so is wi-fi. 

Village House offers a wide selection of drinks in a friendly, homey, 

relaxed atmosphere. It is a good place to meet friends or come 

to study. The hours are Monday through Friday, 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.; 

Saturday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and closed Sunday. 

“The powers of a man’s 

mind are directly 

proportioned to the 

quantity of coffee he 

drinks.” 

- Sir James McIntosh 

Bean Street Cafe 

starlightcoffeecoandbeanstreetcafe.com 

3131 Grant Line Road 

New Albany 

812-542-1522 

Established in 2002, Starlight Coffee Company is the oldest and 

only roasting coffee shop in Southern Indiana. The shop is located 

next to Harrison Bank, with entrances from outside and inside 

the bank. This location’s hours are Monday through Friday, 6:30 

a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and closed Sunday. 

(For more information about the Floyds Knobs location, call 812- 

923-1404; for the Charlestown location, call 812-796-1056.) 

Pearl Street Game and Coffee House 

facebook.com/PearlStreetGameandCoffeeHouse 

405 Pearl Street 

Jeffersonville 

502-648-1663 

This is a coffee house with a theme — board games. Pearl Street 

Game and Coffee House is inside a beautiful bungalow, and besides 

serving excellent coffees, it has several games ready to play 

and others for sale. The hours are Monday, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Tuesday 

through Friday, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.; 

Sunday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. 

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Enjoy a 20-mile panoramic view of the Ohio. 

Mile-High Pies 

Dining with a Romantic Ohio River View! 

The Overlook Restaurant sits on SR 

62 in Leavenworth, and is located 

only 3 miles from I-64, off Exit 92. 

It is uniquely positioned high above 

the Ohio River. The view only rivals 

the delicious food and friendly 

service. 

We feature weekend specials that 

can be viewed on Facebook and our 

web page. 

Call ahead seating, simply call 

ahead an hour prior to your arrival. 

We welcome large parties and 

set up buffets for parties of 25 or 

more. 

With Valentines Day just around the 

corner, call us to make reservations 

for you and that special someone for 

Friday, Feb. 14; or Saturday, Feb. 15 

today! Reservations for 13 or more 

only except on Holidays. 

We open daily at 11:00 and close at 

7:00 Sunday-Thursday and 8:00 on 

Friday and Saturday. You can reach 

us by phone at 812-739-4264, on 

Facebook, or check out our website 

www.theoverlook.com. 

Call us to reserve your next Party, 

Corporate Gathering, or Holiday 

Celebration. 

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Cat Crawford, owner of 502 Power 

Yoga, has built a community 

of self-development and mental 

health in Kentuckiana. 

Crawford became interested in yoga 

when she lived in California around 2006. 

“I was a runner at the time and had 

heard yoga was a good thing to incorporate 

into our fitness routine,” she said. “A 

coworker invited me to go with her once.” 

Eventually, she moved back to Louisville 

and tried to search for classes similar 

to those she had attended in California. 

“I didn’t find anything, which led 

me to dive into yoga as a whole,” she said. 

Crawford immediately recognized 

the physical benefits and then grew to understand 

all of the other bonuses accompanying 

the practice of yoga. 

“I carry a lot of anxiety and stress,” 

she said. “The physicality of the practice 

works to relieve that tension.” 

In 2011, she received her teacher’s 

certification at Yoga East. 

Crawford, an art major focused on 

graphic design and illustration, worked 

in marketing at a small business and began 

to get an inside look at what it takes 

to keep a business going. 

“I felt like I had yoga know-how 

and I had business know-how,” Crawford 

said. “I thought it’d be great to open 

something like what I had been to in LA.” 

She met someone with a like-mind, 

Sarah Smith, and they began working together. 

“I was 7 months pregnant and Sarah 

had a daughter that was 3 months old,” 

Crawford said. “Two new mommies 

equals one full person.” 

Smith had been introduced to a 

practice called Baptiste Power Vinyasa. 

This practice is a type of hot power yoga 

that focuses on poses, self-reflection and 

meditation. It is meant to be easily adaptable 

to any level of physical ability. 

“The room is heated to 90 degrees,” 

Crawford said. “It focuses on flow and 

linking movement to breath. It’s very 

rhythmic.” 

Crawford and Smith opened a location 

in the Highlands neighborhood in 

Louisville in February 2014. The studio is 

Baptiste-specific. 

“It focuses more on self-development,” 

Crawford said. “There are messages 

tied in with the class — ‘if you can 

stay through the pose when it’s hard, you 

can stay through it when it’s hard off the 

mat.’” 

The Highlands location, which 

Crawford said is the perfect neighborhood, 

was the first studio to have been 

dedicated to power vinyasa. 

“If I’ve had a rough morning or I’m 

distracted, I’ll go to a 70-minute class and 

Health & Fitness 

Instructor Stephanie Kersting,, teaching a class 

Empowering a Community 

Yoga classes provide outlet for anxiety and stress 

Story by Darian Eswine 

Photos by Michelle Hockman 


“If I’ve had a rough morning or I’m distracted, I’ll go to a 70 minute class 

and it’s basically a moving meditation. The benefits are far too many.” 

- Cat Crawford 

Owner, 502 Power Yoga 


it’s basically a moving meditation,” she 

said. “The benefits are far too many.” 

After Smith moved to South Carolina 

in 2017, Crawford became the full 

owner of the studio. She opened a second 

location in Jeffersonville in 2017. 

One side effect of this studio has 

been the network of community and support 

that has been built. Crawford said she 

loves the connection that’s been fostered. 

“It happened organically,” she said. 

“Our teachers are vulnerable and raw in 

their teaching and their hands-on assisting. 

It’s just naturally breaking down barriers 

and building this community.” 

She said friendships and partnerships 

have evolved from people who 

have met in the studio. “The teacher demonstrates 

messy,” Crawford said. “It gives 

permission to the students to be themselves.” 

Crawford herself said she’s not sure 

what she would do without yoga. She 

hears that from others who come in and 

out of the studio as well. “I can feel when 

stress is physically stuck in my body. It 

works it out.” 

Each location also has a shop for 

merchandise that has been specifically 

created for the students. They sell yoga 

mats, sweatshirts, towels and more. 

On top of all of that, they also offer 

yoga instructor certification. Crawford 

said those trainings usually begin in November, 

with students graduating in May. 

If you’re new to yoga, Crawford 

suggests you consider the Introduction to 

Power Yoga series. This series will be held 

at the Jeffersonville location in January. 

The series takes place on four Mondays 

and it covers the absolute basics of yoga, 

from poses to proper attire and breathing. 

“It’s great if you’re brand new or 

if you’re coming from a different type of 

yoga practice,” Crawford said. 

The studio encourages feedback as it 

regularly gives students opportunities to 

rate their classes and provide suggestions. 

The students also are the ones who really 

connect and create the community piece. 

Crawford said two students who met in a 

class are getting married this year. 

“I would love to develop more little 

community studios,” she said. “But there 

are limited resources and staff right now.” 

Regardless, Crawford opened a third 

location in October at the corner of Rudy 

Lane and Brownsboro Road in Louisville. 

All locations offer an Intro to Power 

Yoga package, for new students only. It 

includes 40 days of unlimited classes for 

$40, and it allows students to get a feel 

for what they’re doing and what kind of 

classes they like. 

“Yoga just makes me a happy person,” 

Crawford said. “It’s a great release 

for all the things we as humans like to 

hold onto.” 

Crawford likes to say “the issues are 

in your tissues.” These words to live by 

align perfectly with the business’ goal to 

“empower people to transform their bodies, 

minds, lives, and communities one 

breath and one pose at a time.” • 

Visit 502poweryoga.com to register for the 

January Introduction to Power Yoga series or 

any other classes. 

Pictured: (left to right) Baely Talley, Cat Crawford, Stephanie Kirsting, and Kristina Gerard. 


Smith had been introduced 

to a practice called 

Baptiste Power Vinyasa. 

This practice is a type 

of hot power yoga that 

focuses on poses, selfreflection 

and meditation. 

It is meant to be easily 

adaptable to any level of 

physical ability. 

Pictured: (left) Cat Crawford, owner of 502 Power Yoga, participating in one of the classes at 

the Jeffersonville location. (bottom) A power vinyasa class at the studio. 


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Artist Spotlight 

Graceful and inspired 

Pictured: Detail of sculpture, titled Titian 

Glass artist Paige Kissinger honors father with her creations 


Story by Judy Cato 

Photos provided by Lorraine Hughes

Overflowing with bright energy 

and flair, Paige Kissinger 

welcomes visitors into her 

Sellersburg “villa” in Clark 

County with stories about her home’s 

unique history. This graceful and inspired 

space — with some of the earmarks of an 

art gallery — “was once a chicken coop,” 

Kissinger said gleefully. “My late father, 

Robert Allen Kissinger, an architect, 

purchased the property in the late 1950s 

and refashioned it, using skills that would 

later win him acclaim as a local architect. 

This house was his first project.” 

As an architectural glass artist with 

a broad range of skills, Kissinger later 

added to the home’s pizzazz by designing 

all of its art glass windows. She also created 

many individual artworks arranged 

through the home. 

This house is not the only project that 

eventually developed into a collaboration 

between father and daughter. The Jeffersonville 

Township Public Library was 

designed by the firm of Kissinger’s father, 

Kissinger and Associates Architects. All of 

the art glass windows and panels in the 

library were designed by Kissinger when 

she worked for VitraMax, an architectural 

glass company. 

These windows depict the Ohio River 

with fossils, riverbed and sky. A touch 

of bronze gilding in the design adds just 

enough contrast to make the images pop. 

“Because of the importance of the river 

and fossils to the area,” Kissinger said, 

“every window I designed here has this 

theme.” 

Kissinger also designed the imposing 

sculpture titled “On Holy Ground” 

that hangs over the library elevator. Made 

of kiln-formed bronze glass with luster, 

Kissinger created it, as captioned on a 

nearby plaque, “In Honor and Adoration 

of her Father.” 

“My father was my greatest mentor,” 

Kissinger said. Robert Kissinger 

studied architecture at the Illinois Institute 

of Technology under the late Ludwig Mies 

van der Rohe, who had been the last director 

of the Bauhaus in Germany before it 

was closed by the Nazis. “The Bauhaus 

style was founded on the idea of bringing 

all the arts together, combining the fine 

arts with the utilitarian. This synthesis 

principle characterizes most of my work. 

I grew up immersed in painting, music, 

crafts, dance and design,” Kissinger said, 

then laughed: “I started dance lessons at 

the age of 3, and my father never missed 

a recital.” 

Kissinger’s work titled “The Azure 

Flame” (a 14-inch-by-27-inch piece) demonstrates 

this merging of the arts. The 

front of the work is kiln-formed cast glass 

created in part with the artist’s fingers 

“The Bauhaus style was founded on the idea of 

bringing all the arts together, combining the fine 

arts with the utilitarian. This synthesis principle 

characterizes most of my work. I grew up immersed 

in painting, music, crafts, dance, and design.” 

- Paige Kissinger 

“The Azure Flame” 


Paige also designed the 

imposing sculpture titled 

“On Holy Ground” that 

hangs over the library 

elevator. Made of kiln 

formed bronze glass with 

luster, Paige created it, 

as captioned on a nearby 

plaque, “In Honor and 

Adoration of her Father.” 

Pictured: (this page, top) the sculpture above the elevators at the Jeffersonville Public Library is titled 

“On Holy Ground”; (this page, bottom) the view through the art glass window that Paige designed in the 

Jeffersonville Public Library; (right hand page, top) Paige, pictured in front of the art glass she designed at 

the library; (right hand page, bottom) the art glass depicts the Ohio River, fossils, and the sky. 


swirling — or “dancing” — through the 

pliable cast. Behind this is her painting in 

shades of turquoise, teal, aqua, navy and 

lime green, showing the influence of abstract 

expressionism. There is an impression 

of spontaneity in each gestural brushstroke. 

Many of Kissinger’s glass sculptures 

were influenced by her travels to arts 

destinations. Her bowl-shaped sculpture 

titled “Water Lily” is her take on Monet’s 

famous series painted in Giverny, France. 

A brilliant orange and red glass sculpture, 

titled “Titian,” alludes to the Venetian artist’s 

bold use of color. 

Glass held a fascination for Kissinger 

even when she was a little girl. “I would 

pick up any piece of glass I found and 

hold it up to watch the light sparkle and 

dance through ripples of color,” she said. 

When she went to work for VitraMax, she 

said she “felt like Charlie in the chocolate 

factory of glass.” 

Although glass artists use many different 

methods and techniques to create 

their work, glass art is usually divided 

into three broad categories: hot glass, cold 

glass and warm glass. Hot glass involves 

working with glass that has been melted 

in a furnace. This hot viscous glass can be 

used in glass blowing, sculpting and casting 

into molds. Examples of cold glass 

work include etching, carving and engraving. 

Warm glass is glass heated in an 

oven or kiln to a temperature high enough 

to be bent, fused with other glass shards 

or cast into a mold. 

Kissinger’s work is kiln-formed, 

although she has done some work in all 

glass mediums. She has four kilns in her 

garage, which she uses for smaller pieces. 

For bigger projects, she uses kilns made 

available to her through the courtesy 

of others. She also has a small studio in 

Clarksville, but dreams of a studio big 

enough to accommodate all of her projects. 

Kissinger graduated from the University 

of Louisville with a concentration 

in interior design and began her career in 

Indianapolis at Rowland Design. Since 

moving back “home” to Clark County, 

she has become known for her extensive 

creative outreach. She has permanent art 

installations on exhibit at Humana, St. 

Francis Hospital and Technidyne Corp. 

She has established a worship arts ministry, 

paints at live events, consults and 

teaches. • 

“I would pick up any piece of glass I found 

and hold it up to watch the light sparkle 

and dance through ripples of color.” 

- Paige Kissinger 

For more information on the artist, visit 

paigekissinger.com. 

 


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French Lick Scenic Railway 

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History of SoIN 

Preserving History 

Community fights to preserve a pre-civil war home in Marengo that 

served as a post office where mail was delivered by stagecoach 


Story by Sara Combs 

Photos by Mark Flanigan

History seemed to come alive 

when guests toured Marengo’s 

Proctor House during its grand 

opening this past fall. And 

that is just what the Crawford County 

Historical and Genealogical Society 

wanted to happen. The project – some 

15 years in the making – came to fruition 

with the event. 

“It is all about what a little band of 

people can do when they stick to their 

goals and stay dedicated,” said Carol 

Tomlinson, secretary of the society. The 

cast has changed some during the years, 

but the dedication has remained steadfast, 

she said. 

Proctor House, built with clay bricks 

made on the site just before the Civil War, 

was gifted to the society on June 14, 2004, 

by the town of Marengo, along with a 

pioneer cemetery and several acres. Since 

that time a lot of blood, sweat, tears and 

money have gone into its restoration. 

The house had been vacant for some 

time and was in serious disrepair when 

the society took ownership. “It took several 

years to clean up the property,” said 

Tomlinson. “That included hauling off 

many loads of debris.” The residence also 

needed lot of cleanup and repair. 

There were many hours of labor and 

some donations. The organization held 

yard sales and other fundraisers. However, 

more money was needed to further 

the project. 

“After I joined the historical society, 

it wasn’t long before I was elected secretary 

and all I heard was ‘Proctor House,’ 

‘Proctor House,’” said Tomlinson, a retired 

teacher. “They were all saying what a historic 

treasure it was and how it should be 

preserved.” She soon caught the enthusiasm, 

was excited about the work already 

done and became interested in helping to 

secure funds to continue the restoration. 

“I looked to the Community Foundation 

of Crawford County for the possibility 

of a grant and found out they 

weren’t accepting applications. Then the 

foundation underwent some changes and 

began accepting them. So I attended a 

CFCC grant-writing workshop and wrote 

an application. We were awarded $10,000 

— our first grant. Wyatt Jackson, who was 

with the foundation then, suggested we 

use that as seed to obtain other grants.” 

That, along with funds the society 

raised, allowed leverage on further grants, 

she said, and resulted in the organization 

getting $324,000 for the restoration, which 

was done by Myers White Inc., a Louisville 

company. 

Then it was time to furnish the house, 

Tomlinson said. “It was quite a journey to 

find things,” she said. Because the society 

wants the Proctor House to be a county 

museum as well as a tribute to the Proctor 

history, they wanted donations of household 

goods to come from throughout the 

county. “That has been pretty successful,” 

she said. Items have come from most of 

the county’s towns and rural areas. Tomlinson 

donated her grandfather’s antique 

tools. Mark Flanigan of Bloomington 

donated a feather bed from the home of 

his grandparents, the late A.H. and Nell 

Flanigan, purchased when they were 

married just after the turn of the century. 

(Ironically, Tomlinson said, A.H. was instrumental 

in forming the first Crawford 

County Historical Society in 1923. “With 

World War II, the society went into a sleep 

mode until it was revived in the early 

1970s,” she said.) 

“Besides private donations, we 

scoured local antique shops, then went to 

surrounding counties looking for authentic 

pieces,” Tomlinson said. Using money 

wisely is an ongoing consideration of the 

society, so when a professional designer 

suggested Austrian shades for the window 

treatment, they were rejected as being 

too expensive. So Tomlinson made 

By 1835, Proctor was postmaster; mail arrived by stagecoach. His 

house was known as Proctorville until the post office was moved to 

Marengo in 1852. Also, Proctor operated a store at the site. 

Pictured: (left-hand page) Visitors got to step back in historywhen 

they toured Marengo’s Proctor House opening last fall, 

thanks to the Crawford County Historical and Genealogical 

Society and its 15-year restoration work; (this page) a glimpse 

inside the living room in the Proctor House. 


curtains from vintage tablecloths for the 

downstairs and used antique lace for the 

upstairs windows. 

“It has been a labor of love,” she 

said. 

Proctor House History 

The original property was a grant 

from the U.S. government to Malachi 

Monk in 1818 – just two years after Indiana 

became a state, according to research 

by Evelyn Harper Jackson of Corydon, 

who originally co-chaired the Proctor 

House project. 

A recorded deed to the land, dated 

March 21, 1826, shows that two Clark 

County men, William Proctor and Absalom 

Wood, bought the property from 

Monk. Proctor had married Mary Ann 

Watson in May 1825, and Absalom had 

married her sister, Anna Watson, two 

years earlier. The 1830 census shows both 

families occupying the house. 

By 1835, Proctor was postmaster, 

and mail arrived by stagecoach. His house 

was known as Proctorville until the post 

office was moved to Marengo in 1852. 

Proctor also operated a store at the site. 

Eventually, William and Lula Byrd 

became owners. They sold the property to 

George and Anna Dean in 1919. Their son, 

Hershel Dean, took possession when they 

died. The Dean heirs sold the farm and 

buildings to the town of Marengo when 

the municipality developed its industrial 

park. 

Both the house and the Proctor- 

Wood pioneer cemetery on the grounds 

are on the Indiana State and the National 

Register of Historic Places. 

Proctor House’s Future 

“When the history bug bites you, 

you want to learn all you can,” Tomlinson 

said. “The more you learn, the more you 

want to know.” 

That is what she is hoping happens 

with students who participate in the interactive 

events planned for spring. “Children 

will have an opportunity to do laundry 

in an antique tub using a washboard, 

press clothes with an iron from the 1800s, 

roll out dough with an antique rolling pin 

and numerous other activities,” she said. 

“Several retired teachers have agreed 

to host stations. We want to include arts 

and crafts, music and games from the culture 

of that earlier era,” Tomlinson said. 

Group tours can be scheduled, said 

William Piper, president of the Crawford 

County Historical and Genealogical Society. 

Piper said he also would meet individuals 

who are interested in seeing 

the house. He can be reached by email 

at billgpiper@hotmail.com. The society’s 

headquarters are at 310 Oak Hill Circle 

in English. The office is open 11 a.m. to 2 

p.m. Tuesdays. 

The Proctor House is a work in progress, 

Piper said, “and likely will be for a 

while.” Volunteers and financial help are 

welcome. 

Officers besides Piper and Tomlinson 

are Roscoe Hooten, vice president; 

and Sharon Morris, treasurer. Directors 

are Louie Mitchell, Robin Piper, Dan 

Crecelius and Angela Thompson. Roberta 

Toby is a state-appointed county historian. 

• 

For more information about CCHGS, visit its 

web site at www.cchgs.org. 

Pictured: (this page) Among vintage furnishings displayed 

is an antique feather bed, purchased by Nell Tower Flanigan 

from the Sears catalog, just before her marriage to A. H. Flanigan 

in 1902; (right hand page) Period items were gathered 

from private collections and local antique shops. 


“Children will have an opportunity to do laundry in an antique tub using 

a washboard, press clothes with an iron from the 1800s, roll out 

dough with an antique rolling pin and numerous other activities. Several 

retired teachers have agreed to host stations. We want to include arts 

and crafts, music and games from the culture of that earlier era.” 

- Carol Tomlinson, 

Secretary of the Crawford County Historical and Genealogical Society 


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an orderly when he was 15 and serving as CEO since 2015, he retired from that 

role as well as his medical practice last fall. The top administrator greeted wellwishers 

at a farewell reception at the hospital and will fill early retirement with 

medical consulting plus other interests. 

The capital campaign to build a Christian chapel off the lobby between the 

Emergency Department and main entrance was launched during Dr. Dan’s tenure. 

Spearheaded by the Floyd Memorial Foundation, the effort hopes to raise 

$600,000 for the 900 sq. ft. chapel open to patients, family members, visitors, and 

employees. 

Local and regional artists were invited to submit designs for the cross to hang in 

the new chapel. After the public voted, a cross handcrafted by Mark Seymour and 

Wendy Schuld of the hospital’s Radiology Department was selected. It represents 

the Trinity in its three simple metals and is a symbol of healing and atonement, 

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to the intertwining that patients and caregivers play in the healing process, they 

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Left: Long-time hospital volunteer 

Mary McDaniel; Dr. Dan 

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Carpenter, and his wife, Stephanie; 

and in front are grandchildren 

Nora, Ellie Mae, and Winnie 

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SALEM BECOMES THIRD SITE 

The community and supporters gathered in October for a ceremonial ribbon-cutting to open Choices Life Resource Center’s newest 

site at 1201 N. Jim Day Rd.in Salem. 

Cutting the ribbon in the photo on the left are State Senator Erin Houchin; Donna Wesner, manager of the new center there; and Rose 

Condra, Executive Director of Choices, which is based in New Albany with another center in Corydon. All sites offer parenting programs, 

ultrasound services, group classes, a teaching kitchen, and a Blessings Boutique. 

In the photo on the right, Kevin and Barbara Williar toured Salem’s Blessings Boutique with Rose as they viewed the extensive array 

of clothing and baby/children’s items available to parents who take advantage of Choice’s Christ-centered services. 

Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation 

LOCAL LEADER HONORED NATIONALLY 

Phyllis Yeager of Floyds Knobs posed with Cong. Luke Messer (R-IN) before she received the prestigious 

Meritorious Achievement Award on behalf of the Lewis and Clark Eastern Legacy Committee. 

She was one of four members of the national committee recognized by the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage 

Foundation at its meeting in St. Louis. 

For years Phyllis has been honored for her extensive work promoting Lewis and Clark nationally and 

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Company for years, now known as Jasper Flowers and Gifts. The wellknown 

business at 1524 Newton Street is buzzing with sales as customers 

patronize its new floral shop and order personalized gift items 

as well. In front is employee Bonnie Pinney. Standing are owner Lisa 

Lamont, award-winning chocolatier Becky Troesch, and visiting customers 

Sandy Sorrells of Clarksville, Carol Dawson of Jeffersonville, 

Pam Carter of Louisville, and Karen Hanger of Marengo. 

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Glitz and sparkling personalities 

with celebrated voices will enliven 

the stage at Floyd Central 

High School when the famed 

Indiana University Singing Hoosiers 

from Bloomington will present a concert 

for the public. (See details in box.) 

The Grammy-nominated ensemble 

of 85 students and instrumentalists 

promise a toe-tapping evening of music 

from The Great American Songbook, 

jazz, Broadway, and contemporary hits. 

Its members also will conduct workshops 

earlier that day for Floyd Central’s choirs, 

directed by Angela Hampton. 

Singing Hoosiers 

Acclaimed group coming here 

Former Singing Hoosiers in the 

audience will be recognized that night, 

including two founding members, Kent 

McCaffrey and Bill Lohmeyer of New 

Albany. They both continued to sing in 

church choirs for years after performing 

with the group in the early 1950s. 

IU alumna and retired FCHS principal 

Janie Whaley orchestrated the concert 

efforts, wanting people to see firsthand 

that their love of music and opportunities 

to sing can last a lifetime. 

Proceeds will support the school’s 

music and theatre arts programs. • 

Pictured: Singing Hoosiers alumni 

Kent McCaffrey and FCHS Theatre 

Arts Director Rob Steiner; current 

member Marielle Hug, student 

teacher in vocal music at FCHS; and 

IU alumna Janie Whaley. 

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6575 Old Vincennes Road 

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Jan. 31 

7:30 p.m. 

Tickets: 

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must make reservations. 

812-542-2284 or 

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Grand in Grandparenting 

That First Smile 

I 

have one child, Jeff, and although I 

love our nieces and nephew who live 

far away, I never had the opportunity 

to share this mother’s love with more 

than one child as he grew and experienced 

life in Southern Indiana. I wondered how 

anyone could love another child equal to 

what I felt for Jeff. 

Then my first grandchild, Davis 

James “DJ” was born. DJ came earlier 

than his due date and spent several weeks 

in the NICU. I instantly felt a motherly 

love for DJ, but it was different. This love 

didn’t come attached to the usual responsibility 

that comes with raising a child – 

the stresses – the fears – the long sleepless 

nights. This love felt light and easy, and 

strangely even more intense than as a parent. 

As DJ’s personality developed, my 

love for him has grown even stronger. 

Fast forward to Christmas 2018, when DJ’s 

t-shirt joyfully spelled out, “big brother.” 

While thrilled with the news, I secretly 

wondered if I could love another human 

being as intensely as my first grandchild. 

I prayed it would come naturally. 

Thirty-three weeks seem to pass 

quickly (maybe not so fast for my daughter-in-law). 

Grandbaby number two, Case 

Thomas Dawson, like his brother, arrived 

early. Case needed some time in the Neonatal 

Intensive Care Unit (NICU) to grow. 

Although tiny, Case was perfect. 

My husband and I visited Case in 

the NICU multiple times after he was born 

the first day of summer. He was always 

sleeping quietly, seemingly content with 

his surroundings, working to outgrow 

the tubes and monitors. I knew the NICU 

routine and felt surprisingly comfortable. 

All we could do was watch him wiggle in 

the incubator, sleep, and breath. 

One evening I came by myself to 

visit Case in the NICU. He had escaped 

the incubator, but was sleeping, as he had 

been on each previous visit. I spoke to 

him in a whispered voice, “Case Thomas, 

I am your Mimi and I can’t wait to hold, 

comfort, cuddle, and love you. I promise 

to read to you and play for hours. We 

will jump into puddles of rainwater and 

I’ll catch you when you fall. We will 

swim, snuggle, and dance together. I 

will sing to you…a lot; oftentimes weird 

songs that I make up. I will pamper and 

spoil you. We will eat popsicles and blueberries 

together with your brother; I’ll 

teach you about colors and shapes…and 

the alphabet. I will demonstrate love, respect, 

and joy every time I am with you, 

and will explain about the importance of 

faith.” 

I felt the tears welling up and 

stopped for a moment to take in Case’s 

tiny features. Who does he look like... 

his hair is nearly black, and his brother’s 

is blonde. Case is smaller than DJ was 

when he was born and likes to curl up as 

if still in the womb, while DJ was all about 

stretching out. Case has his mother’s nose 

and his father’s eyes. He is part of them; 

he is part of me. Case is magnificent…he 

is perfect. 

I continued whispering to him, “ 

Case, as long as I live, I will always be involved 

in your life. I will look out for you 

and be available when you want me near. 

I’ll work with your parents to teach you 

the importance of laughter; to laugh hard 

and long; the kind of laughter that brings 

tears and hurts your tummy.” Then, almost 

as if he was on cue, Case momentarily 

fluttered open his eyes and smiled. 

There it was; the same explosion of love 

I felt when first connecting to DJ in the 

NICU! 

Case Thomas is now 6 months old 

now. He already knows how much he is 

loved by family and friends, and he has 

This love didn’t come 

attached to the usual 

responsibility that 

comes with raising a 

child – the stresses 

– the fears – the long 

sleepless nights. This 

love felt light and 

easy, and strangely 

even more intense 

than as a parent. 

a bonus relationship in DJ, who makes 

it a point to kiss his baby brother’s head 

throughout the day while telling him he 

is “cute.” These two are going to be best 

friends. 

Having this second grandchild to 

love doesn’t mean I have less love to give 

DJ – it means my heart spontaneously exploded 

to embrace and hold all the emotions 

that make me a grandparent. 

Love for a child is embedded deep 

inside the heart; however, love for a 

grandchild gushes from the heart to consume 

the entire body. Love simply no longer 

is an adequate word to describe these 

deep grandparent feelings, and I’m not 

alone in this thought. But, for now, “love” 

will have to suffice. Case Thomas Dawson, 

I dearly love you. • 

Carol Baker Dawson, CCDP/ 

AP, is President of EEO 

GUIDANCE, Inc. She also 

volunteers as the Communication 

Director, Center for Lay 

Ministries, and is the owner of 

Broken Hearts, Inc. – featuring 

Joni’s Heart. 


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For the Love 

of Dogs 

Five years ago my family blackmailed 

me into getting a dog. They 

threatened me with a rabbit. If I 

didn’t cave on the dog, we would 

have a long-eared carrot chomper stinking 

up a cage in my daughter’s bedroom. 

I wasn’t about to let that happen. 

Don’t get me wrong, I love to see 

a cute bunny hopping around the yard 

as much as the next person. I just didn’t 

want one as a roommate. If we had a big 

house or a basement or a barn, it would 

be a different story, but we don’t. When 

it came to Peter Cottontail, our house just 

wasn’t big enough for the both of us. 

But a dog? I love dogs. I love them 

so much I’ve had my heart broken more 

times than I care to remember when I’ve 

had to say goodbye. Honestly, I didn’t 

want to go through that again, especially 

with kids. Not only would I be an emotional 

wreck, but I’d have a house full of 

heartbreak on my hands. 

Besides that fact, I knew who 

changed the litter box. I had a pretty good 

hunch that the same guy would end up 

doing most of the walking, pooper scooping 

and cleaning up messes left behind 

this furry tornado. As much fun as all of 

that sounded, I just didn’t think I could 

take on any more pet butler responsibilities. 

But then my six-year-old, the baby 

of the family, really went to work on me, 

and I knew I couldn’t hold out for long. 

Owning a dog was the greatest dream of 

her life, and Bring Your Pet to School day 

was just around the corner. I just couldn’t 

see us hauling our fat, white cat into her 

classroom where he’d either scratch someone 

or pee in the corner. Probably both. 

Then my wife played the trump 

card. The bunny. If we couldn’t handle 

a dog, we would just have to get a rabbit. 

The next thing I knew we were looking at 

a litter of puppies. 


My daughter picked a tiny fuzzball 

named Panda, and I was determined not 

to get too attached. That lasted about five 

seconds. Now she sleeps between my feet 

every night. 

All of my gloom-and-doom prophecies 

came true. She had accidents all over 

the house, raided the trash, barked all 

hours of the night and made the cat such a 

nervous wreck he started marking his territory, 

all of which meant more work for 

me. 

But now, five years later, no one 

loves that dog more than I do. My family 

might argue that point, but Panda and 

I both know the truth. I’m the one who 

hung out with her in the backyard at 3:00 

in the morning when she got into a bag 

of chocolate. I’m the one who rushed 

her to the vet when she got a fishhook in 

her paw. And someday, hopefully many, 

many years from now, I will probably be 

the one who will walk with her in the very 

end. 

Yes, I know she’s just a dog, but over 

the past five years she’s taught me a lot 

about love. Love isn’t a feeling. It’s a 

commitment. It’s being willing to do the 

hard stuff, the messy stuff and even the 

painful stuff that comes from sacrificing 

for the good of someone else. 

That’s what God did for us, not because 

we’re his pets but because we’re his 

creation. No one coerced him to love us. 

It was all his idea. Knowing the messes 

we would cause, knowing the trouble 

we would make and even knowing how 

much he would have to sacrifice for us, he 

chose to love us anyway. 

Of course the love we have for our 

pets or even the greater love we demonstrate 

for family and friends doesn’t even 

come close to comparing to the love God 

Don’t get me wrong, I love to see a cute bunny 

hopping around the yard as much as the next 

person. I just didn’t want one as a roommate. 

has for us. But it does remind us that love 

costs something. It’s inconvenient. It’s 

messy. It’s painful. 

Yet, for whatever reason, God 

thought you and I were worth it. Not because 

of anything we do for him, but because 

his love makes us worthy. • 

Pictured: Panda, playing keep away with her new found 

toy - a wet paint stirring stick. 

Jason Byerly is a writer, pastor, husband and 

dad who loves the quirky surprises God sends 

his way every day. You can read more from 

Jason in his books Tales from the Leaf Pile and 

Holiday Road. You can catch up with Jason on 

his blog at www.jasonbyerly.com.

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