Cathy Belliveau, Program DirectorDown Home Ranch I often wonder how we got there, and how it was that we all came to be created by that place, changed forever by our years there. It was as if I were meant to be there. Even in my earliest years I loved tagging along with Dad…
Just hangin’ with the guys
Calvin Keeney, RA of Gabriel House Of the six Resident Assistants, Calvin Keeney, RA of Gabriel House, has been with Down Home Ranch the longest, having begun working as a Weekend RA in October of ’08. I’d always thought that Calvin had heard about the Ranch from his buddies at Mary Hardin Baylor who worked weekends,…
The eggs and us and other stuff besides
Clyde, Travis, Sterling and Travis rejoice over a new little peeper Mr. Pat and the Garden Team, who care for the chickens, saved up a couple dozen fertilized eggs and Mr. Pat brought his incubator in to his office in the Garden Center. “February 14th Due Date” said the sticky on top, and sure enough,…
Just bein’ neighborly
We got together for some staff training this morning and Zach, RA of Barnabas House, asked Ashley, RA of next door neighbor Martha House, how she and the girls liked the pancake he and the guys had baked for them this morning. Fortunately there was a photo of this masterpiece, which I expect will assume…