Cover Story: 3 Alumni Profiles, pages 4 to 19
Intro & Mary profile
by Eric Schneider, Housing & Alumni Relations VISTA
Michael & Morrison profiles
by Amanda Woods, Communications Specialist (VISTA)
& Mary Shue, Our House Alumna
Most Our House parents can tell you about the worries
they had entering the orientation period at the shelter.
Around every corner is a chance to get overwhelmed—
from carving out a slice of home for your family on a
bustling, ever-evolving campus to meeting the fair but
strict demands Our House requires of its residents as
parents and as individual community members.
The following stories aren’t about overnight successes,
but of three individuals gradually making the small but
important changes that led them to forming an identity
as a true family.
continued on page 6
Photo: Mary Shue & her sons, Michael & Morrison Brown, nervously
pose themselves for our cover photo on the back porch of their home.