Articles by Janet Hart Leonard

You know her. Actually, you don’t think you know her because you haven’t heard her story. It would probably shock you. Your friend, relative, neighbor, or coworker is a survivor…

$1.33 Remember that number. They thought it could never happen. But it did. So, a referendum didn’t pass in the Ohio school district where my friend Kim taught. Now there…

It’s 8:00 on a Monday morning, and I’m treating myself to a Bom Dia Breakfast at Bica Café in downtown Noblesville. The Crème Brûlée coffee is the icing on a…

Nothing is more satisfying than being caught doing something good.  That’s what my husband said when I told him what I was writing about in this week’s column. My mother…

All packed up and ready to go until a nasty virus said … not today, lady. It was last Thursday around 2 a.m. when I woke up and realized the…

Don’t take the good times for granted. That’s the name of a song I heard for the first time this week. I listened to it over and over, letting the…

“If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, then you are an excellent leader.” – Dolly Parton Oh, Dolly,…

Calamity: A disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering. Just last week, I posted a picture of an ominous cloud that suggested a storm might be…

There are certain words that fascinate me. Ominous is one of them. Its definition is foreboding calamity. I know the foreboding all too well. Ominous is how I described the…