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Jim has lived on Anegada for his entire life and his fishing and other activities revolve around sustainable living. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1644105613388-WNXPPC1NJK6CDHOY65ND/05+AGS+rebuilding+around+the+water.JPG Underwater Scuba diving students with a program called ActionQuest complete a certification dive at the Playgrounds in Green Cay, British Virgin Islands, on Wednesday, July 21, 2021. Tourism plays a big part in the economy. COVID-19 caused many people to be out of work due to a loss of tourism, and ActionQuest was one of the first tourism schools that was able to come back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1698272591971-3GVYG7RLVG254RC52V7R/12+Fire+Burns.JPG Underwater Firefighters take a short rest after protecting homes from the Glass Fire aftermath in Santa Rosa, Calif., on Monday, Sept. 28, 2020. They arrived on the scene at 7 PM last night. “The ground is our bed,” said one of them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1689261453547-AOU43QSQHUUGEURF4ZNY/Turtle+Breath.jpg Underwater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1716493728863-I8PJLD1O9IU8UYS8Q7JF/06+Coral+Project+Single.JPG Underwater Dr. Phanor Montoya-Maya, center, lowers a tray of coral fragments into the hands of Coral Restoration Foundation staff member on Nov. 20, 2023, off of the coast of Tavernier in the Florida Keys. These coral fragments were taken out of the nursery to enable their survival earlier in the year, and as temperatures cooled, were returned to the ocean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1689261421332-P9JLV1417MVC1O4V2RH7/Memorial+Reefs.JPG Underwater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1716581238709-DWME1XJX2IWCMIP50WJ5/Ocean+Awareness+002+.JPG Underwater A hawksbill sea turtle lays back during a turtle tagging session with GoBeyond, a service program in the British Virgin Islands, where students received a briefing on the specific procedure of how to catch, record data, and tag the sea turtle on Monday, June 28, 2021, in Anegada, BVI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1716493921144-5MXESYXOAP61W65YG6P9/Coral+Project+AS+280_.JPG Underwater A brain coral currently in the process of being bleached attempts to recover after this years bleaching on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023 at Cheeca Rocks in Islamorada. According to Ian Enochs, NOAA Research Ecologist that has been covering the site for many years, the yellow is healthy coral that may be recovering and the white is dead bleached coral. The coral to the upper right is bleached as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1689260921872-UIDQU5U4NUWA5PDF2OQO/shark+dive+site_1.jpg Underwater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1570316670209-K78CMW662J03000LB7K7/_DSC2848.jpg Underwater A Caribbean snapper swims in front of the Beata tugboat sunk in Wreck Alley, Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands while ActionQuest dive instructors Isabella Fischer (left) and Mara Booth (right) swim around the wreck teaching SCUBA students on Wednesday, July 24, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1644105603001-4G5UHVXXKPEBQ5FC0HR2/02+AGS+rebuilding+around+the+water.JPG Underwater A lightning storm strikes in the bite of Norman Island in the British Virgin Islands, on Sunday, July 25, 2021. Since hurricane Irma came through the the British Virgin Islands in 2017, the citizens have been worried about the growing threat of tropical storms. Storms increased this summer and concerned many of the locals in the area. “I’ve seen storms like this before, the summer before Irma hit,” said one restaurant owner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1570316570111-B976ZHFZS184ORJZ41C5/Skowronski_caving20180302_240.jpg Underwater Kelli Baxstrom, first year graduate student at Ohio University, examines a stalagmite she found inside of Rapps Cave at the West Virginia Association for Cave Studies on the March 3, 2018 in Frankford, West Virginia. Many graduate geology students, under the supervision of Geology Department Chair Dr. Greg Springer, come to the WVACS field house to collect samples for research; Baxstrom's research consists of collecting and examining the chemical properties stalagmites that are over 12,000 years old to date them back to wildfires in the area to see how the formations of the caves were affected by the fires. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1678322267844-IE2WXITUJ8GYG5IEVOJU/bvi+ActionQuest+Miami+AS+412_1.jpg Underwater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1678322215512-L7PQNKDOP4XO191RYZZ3/01SPOY_agsco.JPG Underwater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1570316582972-L20DRIUK5Q739AHI4A3U/snapper.jpg Underwater A caribbean snapper swims in front of the Beata tugboat sunk in Wreck Alley, Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands while ActionQuest dive instructors Isabella Fischer (left) and Mara Booth (right) swim around the wreck teaching SCUBA students on Wednesday, July 24, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1626297536119-3JOSO2VIAOLGPLC30KI1/AGS_vixen_058.JPG Underwater An ActionQuest student snorkels the mangroves at Vixen Point in the British Virgin Islands on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. Mangroves buffered the islands from hurricane Irma in 2017 and helped protect the local population and ecosystems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1698272548943-64W2QBP38HMAN07K25Z0/AS_bearfire_092.JPG Underwater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1644105613813-5SHX4B6Q9VY41BPEM9PT/06+AGS+rebuilding+around+the+water.JPG Underwater Yellowtail scad swim in a formation at Mountain Point in the British Virgin Islands, on Tuesday, July 13, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1644105603413-VSOXNZVYK6J46JKQNJE0/03+AGS+rebuilding+around+the+water.JPG Underwater A flamingo tongue climbs up a piece of split-pore sea rod coral at the Playgrounds dive site in Green Cay in the British Virgin Islands on Wednesday, July 21, 2021. The flamingo tongues are a prevalent marine snail found on almost every reef in the islands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1601941139760-GE6G2T6VYG1TMDLUQLSU/AS_dive_monterey_216_EDIT2.jpg Underwater A sea lion pup swims curiously under the kelp forest at San Carlos beach in Monterey, Calif., on Friday, August 7, 2020. Sea lions eat invertebrates that feed on the kelp, so with kelp declining so does their food source. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1644105604231-2S9XRW6LLR5JBA62Y6J8/04+AGS+rebuilding+around+the+water.JPG Underwater A Caribbean Great Star coral emits a fluorescent glow under with ultraviolet light in Muskmelon Bay in the British Virgin Islands on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021. The algae on the coral called zooxanthellae cause the fluorescent light. 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He has more time for personal reflection now that he is working from home in Aurora, OH. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1587006225174-5D3DOKQPE5PEZW9JEKMK/02_quarantine.jpg Two Homes: One Quarantine My younger sister, Melina, and I laugh while watching “The Office” together. It is one of our favorite ways to spend time together, and we have gotten to do it more often now that I am home from Ohio University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1587006227037-3ODB61YCCP01BTUJSN3O/03_quarantine.jpg Two Homes: One Quarantine My father, left, does some yard work in the early afternoon at a time when he would usually be at work while my sister practices her soccer skills at home instead of on the field. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1587006238026-PFKB8V5NFJA0QZWPXX18/04_quarantine.jpg Two Homes: One Quarantine Purple hair: A different use for gloves during quarantine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1587006233339-OFO3MSD2RJIXJINL38MQ/05_quarantine.jpg Two Homes: One Quarantine I watch as my neighbor, John Stojak, is put into an ambulance for what we believe was a lower body injury. The EMT's wear masks which, before COVID-19, they would not do when entering an injured person's home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1587006245441-7FNY7R1CGTJ2BA0BLXJK/06_quarantine.jpg Two Homes: One Quarantine Light peaks through the cracks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1587006255197-1FTNATE73VT8LIJNJCL4/07_quarantine.jpg Two Homes: One Quarantine Self portrait while quarantining at my mom’s home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1587674750508-V3CO672RGXLH4XA74UF3/20200421_coronafamily7_119_1.JPG Two Homes: One Quarantine My father prepares for a conference call while working from home four weeks into quarantine. “There’s not much we can do about it, but it’s going okay. I get work done.“ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1587006250975-WEPRXE0ET78V45CXLOJC/08_quarantine.jpg Two Homes: One Quarantine Melina, right, and I get ready for a day of classes like we normally would. But instead of entering a classroom, we will be sitting across from each other at our dining room table and attending classes through remote video conferences. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1587006262727-CZ4Y9N4DE6N354WSZKO3/10_quarantine.jpg Two Homes: One Quarantine Melina waves at our cat Max from outside of our home. The cat, like many of us, is stuck inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1587006261765-KQK2ITTKFRPLJECKNYY4/11_quarantine.jpg Two Homes: One Quarantine Melina carries her school books inside after we make the semi-weekly move to our mother’s house. Our parents are divorced, and even though we are self-quarantining, we move between their homes, both located in Aurora, OH, so we can be with them both during these difficult times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1588123178034-857T6NKKFNNUV4IL6QKD/12_quarantine.jpg Two Homes: One Quarantine Allyson Vaughn, left, watches a movie with Sara Januszewski on one of their last days in Athens, Ohio, as seniors at Ohio University on April 26, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1588123173235-UW1XW8KTXHUWG3F66C09/13_quarantine.JPG Two Homes: One Quarantine Aurora High School seniors view the ceremony that was held in their honor by lighting up the stadium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1586916729878-4EDSRTPQCU9B62T0KG05/coronafamily_0324_087.JPG Two Homes: One Quarantine https://alieskowronski.com/the-day-after-the-glass-fire daily 0.75 2026-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1601905011476-B6QN4VGX9I3CIX6V4Q0G/20200928_AS_GlassFire_Calistoga_517.jpg The Day After the Glass Fire The Glass fire burns on Glass Mountain in Saint Helena. I spent 15 hours inside the Glass fire’s range the day after it started. Here is what I saw. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1601905555281-GGYWRLVCGYE7HK57WRIQ/20200928_AS_GlassFire_santaRosa_094.JPG The Day After the Glass Fire 12:00PM Santa Rosa, Calif. South San Francisco Department Firefighters switch rotations at Skyhawk Park. The house in the lot behind them completely burned down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1601905578751-4HC5SJMGFZMKQR8RWNAE/image-asset.jpeg The Day After the Glass Fire 1:00PM Santa Rosa, Calif. Firefighters take a short rest. They arrived on the scene at 7 PM last night, and this type of break is the only one they get. “The ground is our bed,” said one of them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1601913071727-R9HETJC5WKG8BDW8AVRU/20200928_AS_GlassFire_santaRosa_200.JPG The Day After the Glass Fire 2:00PM Santa Rosa, Calif. South San Francisco Department firefighters Gale Dietrich, left, and Joe Higgins work to put the fire out in a home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1601911875185-SEPAJRHX6RPICB2104PT/image-asset.jpeg The Day After the Glass Fire 3:00PM Santa Rosa, Calif. The remains of a house on Mountain Hawk Drive in the Glass Fire aftermath in Santa Rosa, Calif. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1601913876766-9K4TQZE6AS2EIGUBZ93F/20200928_AS_GlassFire_Calistoga_432.JPG The Day After the Glass Fire 4:00PM Sonoma County, Calif. The remains of a home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1601915425849-JP539EID9T431JDS2EK1/image-asset.jpeg The Day After the Glass Fire 6:00PM Calistoga, Calif. The front yard of a home burns off of Highway 128. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1601913921185-3PTA7JUYSP6GUIGA2QGV/20200928_AS_GlassFire_Calistoga_494b.JPG The Day After the Glass Fire 7:00PM Calistoga, Calif. Brooks Corrigan, from Brooklyn, NY, throws water on a structure in the property next to his father’s home in Calistoga, Calif. The family tried to keep as many fires off of neighboring structures as possible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1601914353973-I42USFZN34CV3JDUZJ9O/20200928_AS_GlassFire_Calistoga_594.JPG The Day After the Glass Fire 9:00PM Calistoga, Calf. I got a lift up to this property by the owner, who wished to remain unidentified, while his driveway, and later his house, burned. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1601914275773-DJRKEWH7UZIUP3REPJPO/20200928_AS_GlassFire_Calistoga_555.JPG The Day After the Glass Fire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1601914369046-YBGZ16EPIGAOZF5DO0P9/image-asset.jpeg The Day After the Glass Fire 11:00PM Napa, Calif. Sarah Covert-Flory, left, receives a phone call getting a hotel room while her son, JJ Sbrega, 8, talks about his hamster, Marshmallow, in the parking lot of an emergency evacuation center set up at CrossWalk Community Church. Covert-Flory and her son are from Angwin. When the internet went out, they decided to evacuate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1601914713777-58WNR1I05DHSNZ7C09JS/image-asset.jpeg The Day After the Glass Fire 12:30AM Calistoga, Calif. A home burns on Silverado Trail in the aftermath of the Glass Fire. The structure caught quickly during the night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1601914860323-Y04KJIL5F6MZDRITZ4T7/20200928_AS_GlassFire_Calistoga_912.JPG The Day After the Glass Fire 1:00AM Calistoga, Calif. Two firefighters are illuminated by the hot flames of a structure that caught fire on Silverado Trail. The structure was fully engulfed by the Glass Fire by the time crews arrived, so they monitored the scene to make sure nothing else caught fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1601905011476-B6QN4VGX9I3CIX6V4Q0G/20200928_AS_GlassFire_Calistoga_517.jpg The Day After the Glass Fire The Glass fire burns on Glass Mountain in Saint Helena. I spent 15 hours inside the Glass fire’s range the day after it started. Here is what I saw. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1601905555281-GGYWRLVCGYE7HK57WRIQ/20200928_AS_GlassFire_santaRosa_094.JPG The Day After the Glass Fire 12:00PM Santa Rosa, Calif. South San Francisco Department Firefighters switch rotations at Skyhawk Park. The house in the lot behind them completely burned down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1601905578751-4HC5SJMGFZMKQR8RWNAE/image-asset.jpeg The Day After the Glass Fire 1:00PM Santa Rosa, Calif. Firefighters take a short rest. They arrived on the scene at 7 PM last night, and this type of break is the only one they get. “The ground is our bed,” said one of them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1601913071727-R9HETJC5WKG8BDW8AVRU/20200928_AS_GlassFire_santaRosa_200.JPG The Day After the Glass Fire 2:00PM Santa Rosa, Calif. South San Francisco Department firefighters Gale Dietrich, left, and Joe Higgins work to put the fire out in a home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1601911875185-SEPAJRHX6RPICB2104PT/image-asset.jpeg The Day After the Glass Fire 3:00PM Santa Rosa, Calif. The remains of a house on Mountain Hawk Drive in the Glass Fire aftermath in Santa Rosa, Calif. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1601913876766-9K4TQZE6AS2EIGUBZ93F/20200928_AS_GlassFire_Calistoga_432.JPG The Day After the Glass Fire 4:00PM Sonoma County, Calif. The remains of a home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1601915425849-JP539EID9T431JDS2EK1/image-asset.jpeg The Day After the Glass Fire 6:00PM Calistoga, Calif. The front yard of a home burns off of Highway 128. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1601913921185-3PTA7JUYSP6GUIGA2QGV/20200928_AS_GlassFire_Calistoga_494b.JPG The Day After the Glass Fire 7:00PM Calistoga, Calif. Brooks Corrigan, from Brooklyn, NY, throws water on a structure in the property next to his father’s home in Calistoga, Calif. The family tried to keep as many fires off of neighboring structures as possible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1601914353973-I42USFZN34CV3JDUZJ9O/20200928_AS_GlassFire_Calistoga_594.JPG The Day After the Glass Fire 9:00PM Calistoga, Calf. I got a lift up to this property by the owner, who wished to remain unidentified, while his driveway, and later his house, burned. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1601914275773-DJRKEWH7UZIUP3REPJPO/20200928_AS_GlassFire_Calistoga_555.JPG The Day After the Glass Fire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1601914369046-YBGZ16EPIGAOZF5DO0P9/image-asset.jpeg The Day After the Glass Fire 11:00PM Napa, Calif. Sarah Covert-Flory, left, receives a phone call getting a hotel room while her son, JJ Sbrega, 8, talks about his hamster, Marshmallow, in the parking lot of an emergency evacuation center set up at CrossWalk Community Church. Covert-Flory and her son are from Angwin. When the internet went out, they decided to evacuate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1601914713777-58WNR1I05DHSNZ7C09JS/image-asset.jpeg The Day After the Glass Fire 12:30AM Calistoga, Calif. 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first wave of the Life Time Miami Marathon on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023, in Miami. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1633457737712-6Y8IR81W8HI9HUCLCZBP/ceb+clippers+0929+033.JPG Sports Ball boy Jackson DeWolfe gets ready for players to take the field in between innings during Wednesday night’s minor league game against the Louisville Bats at Huntington Field in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021. 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Ella and Kate have been training with their father since they were young, and the 2020-2021 season was the first year they were able to play on a school team together. Both sisters were starting players on varsity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1621971725008-CMDFEF9BA27K2QYYEUHQ/AGS_StemmerSisters_FINAL_02.JPG Sports Kate Stemmer, left, and her older sister Ella prep for an away game against Monroe by watching film on the way to the game on Friday, March 5, 2021. Their parents drive them to every away game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1621971747775-DD094BDITENARQACQXC0/AGS_StemmerSisters_FINAL_03.JPG Sports Senior Ella Stemmer, left, gets ready for an away game in the locker room with her sister Kate after practicing in the gym by themselves on Friday, March 5, 2021. They go to the school gym before the team arrives, and sometimes before away games, to get extra practice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1621971762582-JIIQ998JJWNYM9SNQOOA/AGS_StemmerSisters_FINAL_04.JPG Sports Kate Stemmer pulls a note from her mother out of her shoe while she’s putting her shoes on at Monroe on Friday, March 5, 2021. Their mother put notes and a toy in the girls shoes as a surprise before they headed out onto the court. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1621971775292-XX8L06NGHHCJM6BVGZAN/AGS_StemmerSisters_FINAL_05.JPG Sports Saline’s Kate Stemmer (5) defends while her sister Ella keeps other Monroe players away from the basket during a game in Monroe on Friday, March 5, 2021. Saline beat Monroe 64-52. The sisters work together on the court. They play together in sync. It’s almost as if one knows what the other is going to do before they do it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1621971784612-9COLBHUE41XBA9VV39QU/AGS_StemmerSisters_FINAL_06.JPG Sports Ella Stemmer yells from the bench in a game against Ypsilanti Lincoln at home on Thursday, March 11, 2021. The team was doing well, and so Stemmer was pulled out of the game to give other girls a chance to play but that didn’t stop her spirit. “I wanted to give the ball to someone else who could have that chance to take a shot,” said Stemmer after the game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1621971798966-UCP1CV00QC60TMOISHKA/AGS_StemmerSisters_FINAL_07.JPG Sports https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1621971812892-WOH4X6DX0OEZC0I6RSKV/AGS_StemmerSisters_FINAL_08.JPG Sports Kate, left, and Ella get taken out of the game by coach Leigh Ann Roehm, right, at home on Thursday, March 11, 2021. The Stemmer’s were taken out because the team was winning by over 30 points. Saline won 62-25. Roehm pulled Ella aside after the game and said, “You’re an amazing player and a better person. You had so many opportunities to take shots in the fourth quarter, but you gave it to teammates who don’t always have that chance.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1621971837864-PIOGU80KZW84TAGTIYZM/AGS_StemmerSisters_FINAL_09.JPG Sports Eric Stemmer, center, embraces Kate after a game along with her mother, Kara, on Thursday, March 11, 2021. Eric and Kara attend every game the girls play. Growing up, Eric coached the girls travel basketball teams. This year, since the girls were finally able to play on a team together, the games have brought the whole family closer together. “It’s a tremendous memory to be able to see both of my girls play at the same time,” said Eric. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1621971839420-KFCI32GL9WE9TDU01QXL/AGS_StemmerSisters_FINAL_10.JPG Sports The Stemmer sisters take a break from online classes to walk their dog Harper on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. They started going on walks together when their school went online. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1621971850675-YJPL5QJYHYQSUP9WHG5X/AGS_StemmerSisters_FINAL_11.JPG Sports Ella and Kate pack up for a game in their home in Saline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1621971850822-2W0I3W2Q7AANX2H57XP6/AGS_StemmerSisters_FINAL_12.JPG Sports Kate (5) drives the ball down the court against Belleville at Saline during the district championship game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1621971860838-CJM2X9K10K2U4T9NW3BL/AGS_StemmerSisters_FINAL_13.JPG Sports Ella Stemmer (12) holds up the 2021 District Champions trophy after a win against Belleville at Saline and her coach Leigh Ann Roehm, left, smiles after the district championship game on Friday, March 26, 2021. Saline won 64-32 and advanced to regionals. This is the second year in a row Saline has won the district championship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1621971863052-LJ7RN9DYT6TU9FQO7ZPP/AGS_StemmerSisters_FINAL_14.JPG Sports Ella Stemmer, left, and Kate share a moment with their parents after a district championship win against Belleville at Saline on Friday, March 26, 2021. Saline won 64-32 and advanced to regionals. “I couldn’t imagine having any one else as my sister,” said Ella easier in the season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1621971870041-FVQY58UH17NSZLLS0GJR/AGS_StemmerSisters_FINAL_15.JPG Sports Ella Stemmer (12) shoots the ball during a game against Brighton in the first round of regionals in Northville. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1621971884268-YJ7HGS3UVOQ20L8Q3FBH/AGS_StemmerSisters_FINAL_16.JPG Sports Saline cheers after winning against Brighton in the first round of regionals in Northville on Monday, March 29, 2021. Saline won 53-42 and advanced to the next round of regionals. Last year, this was the last game the team was able to play because COVID-19 cancelled the season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1621971876421-92A76JYS38OCR4XMFYOB/AGS_StemmerSisters_FINAL_18.JPG Sports Wayne Memorial's Alanna Micheaux (4) boxes out Saline’s Ella Stemmer (12) during the regional finals at Northville High School on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. It was a tough game for the sister’s team. The Saline girls never gave up, but they were defeated in the regional finals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1621971886418-Q6EAON4V68Q193SA6N73/AGS_StemmerSisters_FINAL_19.JPG Sports Ella Stemmer raises her hand for the last time after losing in the regional finals at Northville High School on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. “Team on one!” Ella shouted for the last time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1621971892027-L45T1QV71U14UR6XELRR/AGS_StemmerSisters_FINAL_20.JPG Sports Kate and Ella embrace after a loss in the regional finals at Northville High School on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. This was the last game the girls played together. “The bond that we’ve made, I just can’t replace it,” said Kate. “I’m never going to forget playing with my sister, my best friend,” said Ella. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1621971888022-ZIZF4BAL6N4NADQBH82X/AGS_StemmerSisters_FINAL_21.JPG Sports Saline seniors Abby Kruzer, left, and Ella Stemmer put on their shoes for before prom in Saline on Saturday, May 22, 2021. Stemmer leaves the next morning for college at Lehigh University, so this is the last night that she has with friends and family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1621971889900-5NMR849W7Y0BCHBINEI2/AGS_StemmerSisters_FINAL_22.JPG Sports From left to right: Ella Stemmer, her father, Eric, her sister, Kate, and her mother Kara gather with a small group of friends for pictures before Saline’s prom on Saturday, May 22, 2021. Now that almost everyone is vaccinated, the group decided to get together for photos. Ella leaves for college tomorrow morning, so this is the last night that she has with friends and family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1621971891539-C0E68OBWNX9SCGNAX9I8/AGS_StemmerSisters_FINAL_23.JPG Sports Ella Stemmer, right, cheers as her friend Josie Bero makes a bean bag toss onto the board during prom at Saline High School on Saturday, May 22, 2021. Stemmer enjoys this last night with friends as tomorrow she starts her college career on the Lehigh University women’s basketball team. https://alieskowronski.com/moving-forward daily 0.75 2026-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/9dd30fd7-9192-4d67-b0b6-406a4f40f0d1/Logene_final_01.jpg Moving Forward https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/90f911a2-a3cf-4f34-8616-f27d4ba1fe02/Logene_final_02.JPG Moving Forward - Make it stand out LaWanda Hollister, left, and Logene Darby shovel compost to put in the garden at We the People Opportunity Farm in Ypsilanti on Monday, April 19, 2021. The garden behind Grace Fellowship Church has an internship program for people who have recently gotten out of prison and are trying to get back on their feet. “When you get out, the hardest thing, I think is finding a place because you don't have no income,” Logene said. “Even though I've got this little job, it's not a full time income. And then with me having so many felonies and stuff like that, it makes it hard to move forward.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/d69ade4e-4ee5-4ff3-a28d-73154e084562/Logene_final_03.JPG Moving Forward - Make it stand out Logene meets with one of his case workers, Emily Hastie at S.O.S. Resource Center in Ypsilanti on Friday, May 14, 2021. Logene has many case workers through different organizations. S.O.S. Resource Center and other nonprofits provide case workers to speak on their clients’ behalf and connect them with government benefits and other nonprofits. Hastie gave Logene a list of landlords and housing companies that many rent to people with low-incomes or prior convictions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/5878ed05-4546-41d8-8230-13d2dbf4dc94/Logene_final_04.JPG Moving Forward - Make it stand out A calendar hangs on the wall in Logene’s room at Harmony House Motel in Ypsilanti on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. Marked on the calendar are parole board meetings, which Logene attends remotely via video chat. Logene also has a curfew of 6 p.m. from his parole officer, so he has to get everything done before then. Logene and other formerly incarcerated people sometimes struggle as they transition away from prison life, which operates on a strict schedule. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/00bd5681-2737-4aaf-a1c1-36e36c37f637/Logene_final_05.JPG Moving Forward - Make it stand out Logene Darby, left, and Farm Steward Amanda Brezzell prepare the garden by spreading compost at We the People Opportunity Farm in Ypsilanti on Monday, April 19, 2021. Logene works five hour shifts four days a week. He is hoping that having a part time job on his resume will help with future full-time employment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/2c6c3f60-0326-4f5f-a7ba-0edf1c1a42d3/Logene_final_06.JPG Moving Forward - Make it stand out Logene Darby, center, looks over a car with the help of his friend Richard, left, at a used car lot in Ypsilanti on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. Richard does body work on cars and lived next to Logene at the motel in the past. Since being released from prison, Logene had been taking the bus to work, but needed more reliable transportation to make it to his appointments - he ended up purchasing the car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/fc7c80ab-f12f-4341-b479-f14f321b992d/Logene_final_07.JPG Moving Forward - Make it stand out From left to right: Farm steward Amanda Brezzell, director Melvin Parson, former intern Pony, and Logene relax after work on We the People Opportunity Farm in Ypsilanti on Friday, May 14, 2021. His coworkers at We The People are Logene’s only support system outside of case workers, a parole officer, and his sons’ family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/67597779-8372-424b-be38-d6655ec4128c/Logene_final_08.JPG Moving Forward - Make it stand out Logene signs the lease to a room in four person house through Berry’s Rentals in Ypsilanti on Friday, May 14, 2021. Two months after being released from prison, Logene found permanent housing. “My dad started this business and we lost him 18 months ago. He believed in second chances. So we believe in giving people another chance, and if they screw up, maybe even another one.” said owner Christine Berry. “You never know when one fo those chances his going to stick.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/8e0ff3b3-846e-4298-aa5f-6e02c42d5c7b/Logene_final_09.JPG Moving Forward - Make it stand out Logene shops for furniture and appliances for his new home at Value World thrift store in Ypsilanti on Friday, May 14, 2021. Logene purchased sheets, a pillow case and some plates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/8641dcaa-6781-4189-8486-a717c6c8bda9/Logene_final_10.JPG Moving Forward - Make it stand out Logene opens the door to his new house for the first time in Ypsilanti on Friday, May 14, 2021. “When I signed the lease and got the keys, it was like a weight lifted off my shoulders,” Logene said. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/c2a1543b-8985-421b-9b42-841918d9d86d/Logene_final_11.JPG Moving Forward - Make it stand out Logene moves boxes containing his few belongings and new housewares into his new room in Ypsilanti on Saturday, May 15, 2021. “When I was up at the motel, there was a lot of riff raff going on and I didn’t wanna be around it,” Logene said. “This might be small, but it’s mine.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/b36e0d1c-a28f-44a9-ba18-95c771618c1a/Logene_final_12.JPG Moving Forward - Make it stand out Logene spends time with his grandkids Gia, 1, left, and Geoffrey, 4, in Canton on Wednesday, May 26, 2021. All three kids were born while Logene was in prison, and so he likes to spend time with them in his free time. Geoffrey is named after his father and Logene’s son. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/5a7167e8-04cb-47d9-802f-693ae7aff383/Logene_final_13.JPG Moving Forward - Make it stand out Logene’s son Geoffrey, left, stops by his dad’s new place in Ypsilanti on Thursday, May 27, 2021. Geoffrey’s girlfriend’s grandmother lives around the corner. With Logene being located so close to family, he has the opportunity to see them more often. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/93328c16-6d58-46f2-8420-d5cd92359921/Logene_final_14.JPG Moving Forward - Make it stand out Logene sits in the communal living room in his new home in Ypsilanti on Thursday, May 27, 2021. Logene has settled in to his new home - the next step is full time employment so that he is able to pay his bills. “I feel more at peace with myself now that I got my own place,” Logene said. “Now I just gotta get a full time job, maybe midnights, I love working the midnight shift.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/9dd30fd7-9192-4d67-b0b6-406a4f40f0d1/Logene_final_01.jpg Moving Forward https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/90f911a2-a3cf-4f34-8616-f27d4ba1fe02/Logene_final_02.JPG Moving Forward - Make it stand out LaWanda Hollister, left, and Logene Darby shovel compost to put in the garden at We the People Opportunity Farm in Ypsilanti on Monday, April 19, 2021. The garden behind Grace Fellowship Church has an internship program for people who have recently gotten out of prison and are trying to get back on their feet. “When you get out, the hardest thing, I think is finding a place because you don't have no income,” Logene said. “Even though I've got this little job, it's not a full time income. And then with me having so many felonies and stuff like that, it makes it hard to move forward.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/d69ade4e-4ee5-4ff3-a28d-73154e084562/Logene_final_03.JPG Moving Forward - Make it stand out Logene meets with one of his case workers, Emily Hastie at S.O.S. Resource Center in Ypsilanti on Friday, May 14, 2021. Logene has many case workers through different organizations. S.O.S. Resource Center and other nonprofits provide case workers to speak on their clients’ behalf and connect them with government benefits and other nonprofits. Hastie gave Logene a list of landlords and housing companies that many rent to people with low-incomes or prior convictions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/5878ed05-4546-41d8-8230-13d2dbf4dc94/Logene_final_04.JPG Moving Forward - Make it stand out A calendar hangs on the wall in Logene’s room at Harmony House Motel in Ypsilanti on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. Marked on the calendar are parole board meetings, which Logene attends remotely via video chat. Logene also has a curfew of 6 p.m. from his parole officer, so he has to get everything done before then. Logene and other formerly incarcerated people sometimes struggle as they transition away from prison life, which operates on a strict schedule. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/00bd5681-2737-4aaf-a1c1-36e36c37f637/Logene_final_05.JPG Moving Forward - Make it stand out Logene Darby, left, and Farm Steward Amanda Brezzell prepare the garden by spreading compost at We the People Opportunity Farm in Ypsilanti on Monday, April 19, 2021. Logene works five hour shifts four days a week. He is hoping that having a part time job on his resume will help with future full-time employment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/2c6c3f60-0326-4f5f-a7ba-0edf1c1a42d3/Logene_final_06.JPG Moving Forward - Make it stand out Logene Darby, center, looks over a car with the help of his friend Richard, left, at a used car lot in Ypsilanti on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. Richard does body work on cars and lived next to Logene at the motel in the past. Since being released from prison, Logene had been taking the bus to work, but needed more reliable transportation to make it to his appointments - he ended up purchasing the car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/fc7c80ab-f12f-4341-b479-f14f321b992d/Logene_final_07.JPG Moving Forward - Make it stand out From left to right: Farm steward Amanda Brezzell, director Melvin Parson, former intern Pony, and Logene relax after work on We the People Opportunity Farm in Ypsilanti on Friday, May 14, 2021. His coworkers at We The People are Logene’s only support system outside of case workers, a parole officer, and his sons’ family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/67597779-8372-424b-be38-d6655ec4128c/Logene_final_08.JPG Moving Forward - Make it stand out Logene signs the lease to a room in four person house through Berry’s Rentals in Ypsilanti on Friday, May 14, 2021. Two months after being released from prison, Logene found permanent housing. “My dad started this business and we lost him 18 months ago. He believed in second chances. So we believe in giving people another chance, and if they screw up, maybe even another one.” said owner Christine Berry. “You never know when one fo those chances his going to stick.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/8e0ff3b3-846e-4298-aa5f-6e02c42d5c7b/Logene_final_09.JPG Moving Forward - Make it stand out Logene shops for furniture and appliances for his new home at Value World thrift store in Ypsilanti on Friday, May 14, 2021. Logene purchased sheets, a pillow case and some plates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/8641dcaa-6781-4189-8486-a717c6c8bda9/Logene_final_10.JPG Moving Forward - Make it stand out Logene opens the door to his new house for the first time in Ypsilanti on Friday, May 14, 2021. “When I signed the lease and got the keys, it was like a weight lifted off my shoulders,” Logene said. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/c2a1543b-8985-421b-9b42-841918d9d86d/Logene_final_11.JPG Moving Forward - Make it stand out Logene moves boxes containing his few belongings and new housewares into his new room in Ypsilanti on Saturday, May 15, 2021. “When I was up at the motel, there was a lot of riff raff going on and I didn’t wanna be around it,” Logene said. “This might be small, but it’s mine.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/b36e0d1c-a28f-44a9-ba18-95c771618c1a/Logene_final_12.JPG Moving Forward - Make it stand out Logene spends time with his grandkids Gia, 1, left, and Geoffrey, 4, in Canton on Wednesday, May 26, 2021. All three kids were born while Logene was in prison, and so he likes to spend time with them in his free time. Geoffrey is named after his father and Logene’s son. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/5a7167e8-04cb-47d9-802f-693ae7aff383/Logene_final_13.JPG Moving Forward - Make it stand out Logene’s son Geoffrey, left, stops by his dad’s new place in Ypsilanti on Thursday, May 27, 2021. Geoffrey’s girlfriend’s grandmother lives around the corner. With Logene being located so close to family, he has the opportunity to see them more often. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/93328c16-6d58-46f2-8420-d5cd92359921/Logene_final_14.JPG Moving Forward - Make it stand out Logene sits in the communal living room in his new home in Ypsilanti on Thursday, May 27, 2021. Logene has settled in to his new home - the next step is full time employment so that he is able to pay his bills. “I feel more at peace with myself now that I got my own place,” Logene said. “Now I just gotta get a full time job, maybe midnights, I love working the midnight shift.” https://alieskowronski.com/a-new-normal daily 0.75 2026-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/77d34850-91c5-4277-a3c9-658fe1b2df67/TwoFamiliesFindANewNormal+01.JPG A New Normal (on-going) Joslynn Mayhew shows her scar from her liver transplant with photos of herself and Keira Christie, her organ donor, from about four years ago in her home in Wheelersburg, Ohio, on Monday, June 7, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/9e4d27f7-d412-4b6e-a544-aa1966ccf332/TwoFamiliesFindANewNormal+02.JPG A New Normal (on-going) - Make it stand out Joslynn rinses with mouthwash to treat open sores in her mouth at home in Wheelersburg, Ohio, on Monday, June 7, 2021. Joslynn takes anti-reject medication everyday for Keira’s liver that now inhabits her body, and she used to take oral chemo to prevent the cancer form coming back. Both medications can cause open sores to form in her mouth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/2b062079-2b33-4c4e-b7fb-003f06d9f722/TwoFamiliesFindANewNormal+03.JPG A New Normal (on-going) - Make it stand out Joslynn rolls her eyes at her mother, Jodi Mowery while she takes her lunch order at the front desk in their family’s auto repair shop called AJ’s Automotive Service in Minford, Ohio, on Monday, June 7, 2021. Jodi told Joslynn that she could not have a hamburger, and Joslynn got annoyed. “Joss don’t know how they cook their burgers, sorry sis, but I don’t know if it’ll be cooked all the way through,” said Jodi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/50079b9c-126e-4302-942f-cad17bb7cad1/TwoFamiliesFindANewNormal+04.JPG A New Normal (on-going) - Make it stand out From left to right: Joslynn, her brother Jaylen Mayhew, her stepfather Aaron, and Jodi have dinner in their home in Wheelersburg, Ohio, on Monday, June 7, 2021. The family spends most of their days together and the kids help out at the family’s shop. “We kept Joslynn close to us after her surgery, and we just got used to always having her around,” said Aaron. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/08e7dc0e-eb4e-4925-a1aa-9b281a563687/TwoFamiliesFindANewNormal+05.JPG A New Normal (on-going) - Make it stand out Joslynn feeds the ducks outside in her yard in Wheelersburg, Ohio, on Sunday, June 6, 2021. The cats and the ducks live outdoors because Joslynn’s doctors told her it was safer so that she is not exposed to unknown bacteria. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/57411551-3b6f-4e42-b4a9-5c0547c04999/TwoFamiliesFindANewNormal+06.JPG A New Normal (on-going) - Make it stand out Joslynn talks to her friend on FaceTime in her bed before going to sleep while a photo of Keira hangs behind her on the wall of her room in Wheelersburg, Ohio, on Monday, June 7, 2021. “One of my teachers FaceTimed me while I was sick, and I love talking to my friends,” said Joslynn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/ac8f28e7-9120-4012-9bc9-02c5f146addc/TwoFamiliesFindANewNormal+07.JPG A New Normal (on-going) - Make it stand out Aaron, left, and Keira’s father Scott Christie, right, chat during a family meet up while Joslynn embraces her donor mom, Kristy Christie, at a park in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. Columbus is a half way point between the two homes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/2ded819d-ab9f-47cf-bbd5-e3cb84d15f9e/TwoFamiliesFindANewNormal+09.JPG A New Normal (on-going) - Make it stand out Joslynn hugs Keira’s mom, Kristy, after spending the day with her donor parents in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. “I think Keira would have had her sass, even four years ago, they enjoyed the same things,” said Kristy. “I think she would have grown up to be just like her.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/b95df4a5-848a-4f95-be2b-2a256206ab68/TwoFamiliesFindANewNormal+11.JPG A New Normal (on-going) - Make it stand out Kristy, Keira’s mom, right, make sure Joslynn tells her mother, Jodi, center, everything the doctors mentioned during Joslynn’s bi-yearly checkup at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday, Dec. 27, 2021. The families worked with the hospital to allow Keira’s parents to take Joslynn to her appointment and act as ‘parental guardians.’ “We can’t do much for them, but this is a way of saying thank you. It’s not only our girl, but it’s their girl now, too,” said Jodi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/484e2bbb-04e1-4d45-8bf8-67d122a322c0/TwoFamiliesFindANewNormal+12.JPG A New Normal (on-going) - Make it stand out Donna Stahr, server at Thurman’s Cafe in German Village, tells the Joslynn’s family and Keira’s parents that their meal is paid for by the owner of the restaurant after a bi-yearly checkup at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday, Dec. 27, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1b0d3d7d-b8b1-49ff-bb6a-ad05ad1c40b2/TwoFamiliesFindANewNormal+10.JPG A New Normal (on-going) - Make it stand out Keira’s father, Scott, wipes off her tomb stone in Stow, Ohio, on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. Scott and Kristy both visit Keira’s grave once a week. “Now this is our new normal, we try to stay busy. But we get to see Joslynn live her life. Keira will help her grow up,” said Kristy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/77d34850-91c5-4277-a3c9-658fe1b2df67/TwoFamiliesFindANewNormal+01.JPG A New Normal (on-going) Joslynn Mayhew shows her scar from her liver transplant with photos of herself and Keira Christie, her organ donor, from about four years ago in her home in Wheelersburg, Ohio, on Monday, June 7, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/9e4d27f7-d412-4b6e-a544-aa1966ccf332/TwoFamiliesFindANewNormal+02.JPG A New Normal (on-going) - Make it stand out Joslynn rinses with mouthwash to treat open sores in her mouth at home in Wheelersburg, Ohio, on Monday, June 7, 2021. Joslynn takes anti-reject medication everyday for Keira’s liver that now inhabits her body, and she used to take oral chemo to prevent the cancer form coming back. Both medications can cause open sores to form in her mouth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/2b062079-2b33-4c4e-b7fb-003f06d9f722/TwoFamiliesFindANewNormal+03.JPG A New Normal (on-going) - Make it stand out Joslynn rolls her eyes at her mother, Jodi Mowery while she takes her lunch order at the front desk in their family’s auto repair shop called AJ’s Automotive Service in Minford, Ohio, on Monday, June 7, 2021. Jodi told Joslynn that she could not have a hamburger, and Joslynn got annoyed. “Joss don’t know how they cook their burgers, sorry sis, but I don’t know if it’ll be cooked all the way through,” said Jodi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/50079b9c-126e-4302-942f-cad17bb7cad1/TwoFamiliesFindANewNormal+04.JPG A New Normal (on-going) - Make it stand out From left to right: Joslynn, her brother Jaylen Mayhew, her stepfather Aaron, and Jodi have dinner in their home in Wheelersburg, Ohio, on Monday, June 7, 2021. The family spends most of their days together and the kids help out at the family’s shop. “We kept Joslynn close to us after her surgery, and we just got used to always having her around,” said Aaron. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/08e7dc0e-eb4e-4925-a1aa-9b281a563687/TwoFamiliesFindANewNormal+05.JPG A New Normal (on-going) - Make it stand out Joslynn feeds the ducks outside in her yard in Wheelersburg, Ohio, on Sunday, June 6, 2021. The cats and the ducks live outdoors because Joslynn’s doctors told her it was safer so that she is not exposed to unknown bacteria. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/57411551-3b6f-4e42-b4a9-5c0547c04999/TwoFamiliesFindANewNormal+06.JPG A New Normal (on-going) - Make it stand out Joslynn talks to her friend on FaceTime in her bed before going to sleep while a photo of Keira hangs behind her on the wall of her room in Wheelersburg, Ohio, on Monday, June 7, 2021. “One of my teachers FaceTimed me while I was sick, and I love talking to my friends,” said Joslynn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/ac8f28e7-9120-4012-9bc9-02c5f146addc/TwoFamiliesFindANewNormal+07.JPG A New Normal (on-going) - Make it stand out Aaron, left, and Keira’s father Scott Christie, right, chat during a family meet up while Joslynn embraces her donor mom, Kristy Christie, at a park in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. Columbus is a half way point between the two homes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/2ded819d-ab9f-47cf-bbd5-e3cb84d15f9e/TwoFamiliesFindANewNormal+09.JPG A New Normal (on-going) - Make it stand out Joslynn hugs Keira’s mom, Kristy, after spending the day with her donor parents in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. “I think Keira would have had her sass, even four years ago, they enjoyed the same things,” said Kristy. “I think she would have grown up to be just like her.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/b95df4a5-848a-4f95-be2b-2a256206ab68/TwoFamiliesFindANewNormal+11.JPG A New Normal (on-going) - Make it stand out Kristy, Keira’s mom, right, make sure Joslynn tells her mother, Jodi, center, everything the doctors mentioned during Joslynn’s bi-yearly checkup at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday, Dec. 27, 2021. The families worked with the hospital to allow Keira’s parents to take Joslynn to her appointment and act as ‘parental guardians.’ “We can’t do much for them, but this is a way of saying thank you. It’s not only our girl, but it’s their girl now, too,” said Jodi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/484e2bbb-04e1-4d45-8bf8-67d122a322c0/TwoFamiliesFindANewNormal+12.JPG A New Normal (on-going) - Make it stand out Donna Stahr, server at Thurman’s Cafe in German Village, tells the Joslynn’s family and Keira’s parents that their meal is paid for by the owner of the restaurant after a bi-yearly checkup at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday, Dec. 27, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1b0d3d7d-b8b1-49ff-bb6a-ad05ad1c40b2/TwoFamiliesFindANewNormal+10.JPG A New Normal (on-going) - Make it stand out Keira’s father, Scott, wipes off her tomb stone in Stow, Ohio, on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. 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The time capsule was originally set to be unveiled on the 100th anniversary of Women’s Suffrage in 2020, but was postponed due to the pandemic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1775056770406-S2TWA0G9Y3FDQL4DEKU6/DR.%2BMARTIN%2BLUTHER%2BKING%2BPARADE%2BAS%2B073.jpg Singles Holmes Elementary School cheer squad walks in the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Liberty City in Miami, Fla. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1775056676096-HSTFZVUQHG7K67IP2AZR/AS2_8993.jpg Singles Lasonja Mills Vandyke, mother of 16-year-old Brandon Mills who was killed in a mass shooting in 2009, cries while recounting the day of her sons death on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024, at 15th avenue corridor, the intersection he was killed, in Liberty City. 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This adult whale shark appeared to be a new sighting meaning this specific shark is not tagged and has not been seen in the Galápagos before. Juveniles have also never been seen here, so naturalists are not sure where the nurseries are for the ones that are seen passing through Galápagos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/8817a728-50af-4308-82d4-70343bb8c223/AGS+portfolio+EAW+10.JPG Environmental Andrew Hall, first year graduate student at Ohio University, takes a break from crawling through the narrow spaces inside of Rapps Cave at the West Virginia Association for Cave Studies on March 3, 2018, in Frankford, West Virginia. 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Joslynn takes anti-reject medication everyday for Keira’s liver that now inhabits her body, and she used to take oral chemo to prevent the cancer form coming back. Both medications can cause open sores to form in her mouth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/498a1749-4c14-46b9-b6a3-b82c76535e2b/2106_hearst_Joslynn_056.JPG Projects - A New Normal Joslynn that she could not have a hamburger, and Joslynn got annoyed. “Joss don’t know how they cook their burgers, sorry sis, but I don’t know if it’ll be cooked all the way through,” said Jodi. For people who receive liver transplants, the bile duct that collects harmful bacteria is often left out. Ever since Joslynn’s liver was replaced, she can’t eat any raw meat and has to be careful whenever she has a cut on her body because bacteria could get in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/91a18711-2db5-40ba-aa87-98d76377c4c3/2106_hearst_Joslynn126.JPG Projects - A New Normal From left to right: Joslynn, her brother Jaylen Mayhew, her stepfather Aaron, and Jodi have dinner in their home in Wheelersburg, Ohio, on Monday, June 7, 2021. The family spends most of their days together and the kids help out at the family’s shop. “We kept Joslynn close to us after her surgery, and we just got used to always having her around,” said Aaron. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/71e9bbd0-e3f3-4536-8313-b481d1f4c23b/2106_hearst_Joslynn_011.JPG Projects - A New Normal Joslynn feeds the ducks outside in her yard in Wheelersburg, Ohio, on Sunday, June 6, 2021. The cats and the ducks live outdoors because Joslynn’s doctors told her it was safer so that she is not exposed to unknown bacteria. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/16285f5a-92ef-4924-9c04-b9fbfb38668c/2106_hearst_Joslynn140.JPG Projects - A New Normal Joslynn talks to her friend on FaceTime in her bed before going to sleep while a photo of Keira hangs behind her on the wall of her room in Wheelersburg, Ohio, on Monday, June 7, 2021. “One of my teachers FaceTimed me while I was sick, and I love talking to my friends,” said Joslynn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/1b10db85-cf92-4167-b04d-98dc3c345601/2106_hearst_Joslynn191.JPG Projects - A New Normal Aaron, left, and Keira’s father Scott Christie, right, chat during a family meet up while Joslynn embraces her donor mom, Kristy Christie, at a park in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. Columbus is a half way point between the two homes. “The first time we met them, sitting across the table, it was like looking into a parallel universe,” said Aaron. “The night we got the call and found out the liver was going to be a near perfect match, I was happy, but I cried half the night knowing that someone else had lost their little girl.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/2959fdda-9342-481f-aca3-8de63445b563/2106_hearst_Joslynn258.JPG Projects - A New Normal Joslynn hugs Keira’s mom, Kristy, after spending the day with her donor parents in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. “I think Keira would have had her sass, even four years ago, they enjoyed the same things,” said Kristy. “I think she would have grown up to be just like her.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/a6303fbb-c022-4c27-b45a-b1dc40d09175/AGS+joslynn+columbus+026.jpg Projects - A New Normal Kristy, Keira’s mom, right, make sure Joslynn tells her mother, Jodi, center, everything the doctors mentioned during Joslynn’s bi-yearly checkup at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday, Dec. 27, 2021. The families worked with the hospital to allow Keira’s parents to take Joslynn to her appointment and act as ‘parental guardians.’ “We can’t do much for them, but this is a way of saying thank you. It’s not only our girl, but it’s their girl now, too,” said Jodi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/70990c49-21d9-4497-a2a3-b0bfeebb0505/AGS+joslynn+columbus+031-Enhanced-NR.jpg Projects - A New Normal Donna Stahr, server at Thurman’s Cafe in German Village, tells the Joslynn’s family and Keira’s parents that their meal is paid for by the owner of the restaurant after a bi-yearly checkup at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday, Dec. 27, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1e1f98b0786935ac1f118c/531e790b-2d5c-46d5-9b02-5f3a38dec032/2106_hearst_Joslynn330.JPG Projects - A New Normal Keira’s father, Scott, wipes off her tomb stone in Stow, Ohio, on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. 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