Written by Kylie Burks In the past five years, Michael Gerke has been able to say “yes” a lot more often than “no.” “I don’t have the personality that I can sit still very easily. I always need to be doing something,” he explained. “My retirement has given me more opportunities to say ‘yes’ to things. It’s given me a lot of freedom.” If the activity is skiing in the Rocky Mountains, fly fishing in Ozark lakes and rivers, sitting down to a new historical fiction novel, t

Written by Kylie Burks When Becky Tims’s daughter Michelle, a sweet girl with Down Syndrome, became what many parents would label as a “runner,” Becky knew that there would be at least two places where she would never have to worry about the little girl straying beyond her reach: at home and at church. “Everyone watched over her. She would be running all over the church and you’d hear [someone yell], ‘Michelle’s out!’ and someone would always find her and bring her back,” B