Anna Weinel

As I pull my legs up beneath me in the recliner and tighten the warm, soft fleece blanket around me, I look around our house and cherish all the things that make it our home. The fluffy furball named Odie, stretched out on the woven rug by the fireplace, crackling with a warm, orange glow through the glass front, radiating heat across the room. The grandkids toys still scattered across the living room floor. The love and memories we've made inside these walls, of this house and the...

Have you ever been traveling down a path, a vivid vision of your destination in your mind, only to realize you on traveling down the wrong road?  That moment of realization, when you know you must change direction, is exactly how Tri-State Veterans Assistance Network was born. Our youngest son, Garrett, joined the United States Marine Corp upon graduation from high school in August 2022.  It was one of this mom’s proudest moments.  Seeing my little hellion, the one who was determined to put...