It was now July 2025, and I was strolling the Thursday Night Downtown Farmers Market with my neighbor Steve. We had purchased various fruits and vegetables from the local farmers and were ready to stop at one of the outdoor patio bars for a cold beer and to people-watch. We decided on Oak Valley Beer Company and were lucky enough to score a table for four against the waist-high wrought iron fence next to the sidewalk. Thi...

David was your typical forty-one-year-old divorced man. After a sixteen-year marriage, the flame had burned out, and he and his college sweetheart decided to go their separate ways. After taking a year “to find himself,” during which he saw a therapist and joined a gym, he had a positive attitude about the future. He had the usual social media accounts: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. David also had a “burner” a...

Over Christmas break during her junior year of college, Kristy Kennedy’s father was in a horrible car wreck. After weeks in the hospital, he was able to go home, but life would never be the same for him, or anyone in the immediate family. Kristy was the perfect child growing up. She participated in sports, was a cute cheerleader, was active in her church youth group in high school and was an excellent student with a 4.3 G...