http://hamptonroads.com/node/463134 Photos en-us Copyright 2008 PilotOnline.com / HamptonRoads.com. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:27:54 -0500 Miss Alice receives a bear hug and kiss from one of "her people." http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/miss-alice Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:29:55 -0500 Mary Dickerson, right, "makes over" resident Amy Wrenn after a recent Sunday service.  Mary Dickerson, who will turn 91 next week, has trekked the globe. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/marys-mission Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:08:00 -0500 Carol Hutton feels blessed. Grateful. For a supportive husband and happy marriage, for her life and all that she’s been given in it. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/blessed Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:58:39 -0500 Some things in life are free. Just ask Betsy Pinder up on the Eastern Shore. Desperate to get her cat down from a tree where it sat for several days, she called Robert Misuna, owner/operator of Eastern Shore Tree Care in Onancock. He came and rescued the feline, free of charge. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/something-nothing Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:32:35 -0500 Pauline Cushman pets kittens in their living quarters at the Hope Center in Virginia Beach. Pauline Cushman prayed for seven years. Finally in 2002, the answer came. It was time to begin her new calling, to serve God by helping neglected, abused, and left-behind animals. Hope for Life Rescue, Inc. was open, started in a spare room at a general contractor’s office. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/10/hope-life Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:50:25 -0400 If your weekday morning starts off badly, drive straight to Thalia Elementary in Virginia Beach. Miss Trudy, the crossing guard there, will fix you right up with a flash of her smile. And if you are a late sleeper, keep going to Malibu Elementary, because she works a corner there, too. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/10/miss-trudy Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:31:09 -0400   In Italian, Terra means “earth” or “land”. In Virginia Beach, there is Terra Pascarosa, so aptly named by her free-spirited parents. Her life’s passion is taking care of the planet, and this Terra spends almost every waking moment thinking about it. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/10/terra-pascarosa Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:37:38 -0400 Jody Collins, left, hugs friend Cleve Smith at the entrance to Capt. Sam's Home Theatre. Bags of popcorn await visitors underneath pictures of Captain Sam. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/10/capt-sams-home-theatre Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:48:12 -0400 Thursdays are field trip days at “Nonnie and Truck School” and every week Kamryn Siksay, the only student, goes to a place she has never been before. “Truck” takes her - this week it was the Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center where they touched stingrays - because he believes kids learn best by getting involved in the world around them. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/10/truck-and-kamryn Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:05:06 -0400 Students at Princess Anne Elementary have a comforting constant. Teachers change from grade to grade, best friends come and go, but Javon Creekmore has been custodian for 18 years, listening to their stories, their woes, their secrets. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/09/cafeteria-counselor Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:57:13 -0400