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By Catherine Godbey | Living 50 Plus Lucy McCain wakes up each morning and goes through each day with one goal — “Do something to glorify God.” In her 40s and 50s, McCain achieved that goal by writing books. In her 50s and 60s, the Decatur woman sent uplifting handcrafted newsletters around the world and operated a radio program, which

By Catherine Godbey | Living 50 Plus Get ready to say goodbye to winter and hello to spring with its sweet smell of flowers, sound of birds and feel of warm sunshine filtered through canopies of trees. Now, this sweet spot between the frigid days of winter and sweltering heat of summer, represents the perfect time to explore the nature

By Catherine Godbey | Living 50 Plus Historians encourage society to turn to the past in order to be inspired and to be prepared for the future. “We need to learn about history so we can learn about ourselves,” historian David Breland said. “I hate to plow the same ground twice. I want to be moving forward all the time.

By Catherine Godbey | Living 50 Plus First, Rita Hutcheson-Cobbs watched her father suffer from diabetes, heart conditions, fibromyalgia, arthritis and cancer. Then she watched her older sister battle all the same health problems, except for cancer. “I was 450 pounds and I realized if I didn’t make any changes, I would be in the same situation in 10 years,”

By Catherine Godbey | Living 50 Plus Standing in “Fabric Central,” formerly known as Harold and Ivy Veinot’s dining room, Ivy Veinot pointed to the bolts of fabric covering the tables and the folded quilt tops piled next to the windows. “All of this is donated fabric. The good Lord has blessed and provided us with so much,” the 66-year-old

By Deborah Storey | Living 50 Plus Kevin Hamrick vividly remembers the day decades ago when he saw the strange sight of sandhill cranes at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge. He was gathered with co-workers in the Visitors Center break room discussing tasks for the day. One said she had seen a couple of sandhill cranes near an area called Penny

By Catherine Godbey | Living 50 Plus Down the rural gravel road in Hartselle stands a sanctuary — a two-story white house surrounded by 25 acres where, on any given day, more than a dozen dogs reside. Welcome to Paws 52. “There’s just something about dogs. They are so trusting and just want to be loved,” Mellisa Barnett said. Six