JANUARY 2020
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SURVIVOR SOARS INTO 2020
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AUSCHWITZ
A LOOK BACK
Contributing Writers Hilary Andrews Cindy Beckman Andrea Champlin Melissa Gates – Cover Story Becké Stuart Photographers
WINC team Happy new decade WINC Readers! I can’t believe 2019 has already come and gone, let alone the fact that we’re embarking not only on a fresh new year, but a whole new decade. New Year’s Eve has looked quite different for almost 30-year-old me for some time now. Gone are the nights of dressing up and ringing in the new year beside friends and others out on the town. It’s all about the simplicity. I remember the first New Year’s Eve four years ago when my husband and I celebrated for the holiday as newlyweds. As a kid, you do everything possible to stay awake, eager to be one of the grown-ups, drinking cider, counting down the ball drop. This time, I could barely keep my eyes open … but yet, I persevered through sleep deprivation and we began our first married tradition of singing, “Auld Lang Syne,” and taking it all in. “Auld Lang Syne,” a much-loved Scottish tradition, roughly translates to, “for old times sake.” The song is
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about looking back over the events of the year and holding old friends dear, bringing nostalgia and a sense of belonging and community along with it. There’s something magical about that last minute of the year … a time where everyone comes together all across the globe – in their own time zones of course – to celebrate what has come and now gone, and move toward the future with hope of embarking on adventure and greatness in the months to come. New beginnings, second chances. We encourage all our readers to take the time to read through some of the remarkable stories in our January issue, each uniquely told and inspiring in their own way. As I, Hilary Andrews, WINC editorial, and our WINC Team embark on this new year, we hope that each and every one of you take the time to reflect, connect with old friends and make new ones, enjoy time with family and head into 2020 with courage and hope for all things new.
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New year, New home, New start: Young cancer survivor soars into 2020 Story by Melissa Gates Photos by Becké Stuart/Lulu Photography The start of a new year is always the perfect time for a reset. It’s also the perfect time to celebrate victories, and launch new beginnings. Those things are happening for 33-year-old Phaylan Davis and her 5-year-old son Zayden, a new cancer survivor. Now, the two of them have a new home to celebrate the start of 2020. The Davis’s home is inside a steel shop building in Phaylan’s parent’s backyard. From the outside, it doesn’t look like much, but slide open the door and you won’t believe your eyes. It’s the trendy, barn-like home you see in the glossy magazines or all over HGTV. It’s also the handbuilt, dream-come-true for this little 6 WINC. | January 2020
family. With zero building experience Davis and her parents, Gregg and Janette Clements, transformed part of the shop building into her new home. All three work full-time jobs during the day, Davis a firstgrade teacher at Julia Lee Moore Elementary in Conway. After 5 p.m., and many times in the pitch dark, they would build, frame, lay tile, etc. “The house was worked on in the evenings for nine months after we all worked our day jobs,” Phaylan said. “There were many nights none of us felt like working on it but we did.” The family decided to rush the home together when Davis separated from her husband a year ago
and Zayden was recovering from dozens of rounds of chemotherapy. Family members wanted a fresh start for the preschooler and a place to celebrate his strength and bravery. His room is a shining example of that, with super heroes lining his window ledge, the sign above his bed reading, “A super hero sleeps here.” Zayden was born with Neurofibromatosis, a genetic disorder that causes tumors to grow on nerves in the body anywhere at any time. The 5-year-old had tumors on his optic nerves at age one. Two weeks after his second birthday he started chemotherapy treatments, completing 47 rounds. He has been cancer-free now for one year.
“Zayden was always so brave during his treatments and always kept a smile on his face. Being a mom is my biggest joy in life and Zayden just so happens to be my hero!” – Phaylan Davis
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“Zayden was always so brave during his treatments and always kept a smile on his face,” Phaylan said. “Being a mom is my biggest joy in life and Zayden just so happens to be my hero!” Grandparents Gregg and Janette have owned the land where their home and shop sit in Vilonia since 1995. They built their home in 2012 after one of the Vilonia tornadoes. Their garage shop was always designed to have living quarters built inside of it but was not completed until now. They hired none of the work out, which Janette admitted was a chore. “We all three, along with other friends and family, spent endless hours, days, weeks, and months working on what seemed like endless projects,” she said. “There were many days upon days I worked some mornings on my housework and then at my regular job during the day and then come home to work on the new home.” Phaylan and Janette laid the tile as a team. “We did all the insulation in the house, helped with the floors, walls, metal ceiling ... you name it,” she said.
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Phaylan’s dad and uncle did the plumbing, her brother-in-law did the framing and her dad did the electrical work and the, “heavy lifting,” like the counter tops and cabinets. “We used Pinterest a lot,” Phaylan said. “My parents wanted the home to be my style. My input was at the forefront of every big design idea. Mom and I would exchange pictures and ideas constantly and discuss each with Dad.” The group admitted that the late nights and hard work were well worth it. “I was raised knowing that there is nothing that one can’t do if you really want to do it,” Janette said. 10 WINC. | January 2020
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“We have been so blessed in our life. Our parents were always there for us and helpful to us when we were young. My goal was to be able to do that for my own children. Of course family is everything to us. Our family is small and we are very happy to share our life with our daughter and grandson.” The home features an open-concept kitchen, living room and dining room area. The kitchen has contemporary open shelving, wood grain tones and trendy, funky lighting, with a sliding barn door separating some of the spaces. The master bedroom features soft, pink tones, a handmade, metal sign hanging above the bed which reads, “Beautiful.” “We are all surprised with how beautiful it is,” Phaylan said. “I think we all knew it would look great, but never did we dream it would turn out the way it did.” 12 WINC. | January 2020
She said she is eager to start building new memories with Zayden in the new home. “I know the change has been hard for him over the last year, but I’m so thankful for a fresh start in my new home this year,” Phaylan said. “Knowing that I have a beautiful home for us has been the biggest blessing as a mom.” She said she knows it’ll be a great
2020 because her son is cancer free and the home is more than she could imagine. Melissa Gates has been telling stories in Faulkner County for more than a decade. She has interviewed a wide variety of interesting people from U.S. Presidents to rock stars and countless community leaders. After growing up in the Midwest, she is thrilled to call Conway home, alongside her husband and three kids.
“I know the change has been hard for him over the last year, but I’m so thankful for a fresh start in my new home this year.” – Phaylan Davis
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The Struggle of January By Andrea Champlin I always try to have a positive attitude. Truly. But January is a struggle. It’s like a month-long Monday. It’s cold and cloudy and rainy and it’s just not my favorite. However, my son Andrew was born in January, so you all can’t 16 WINC. | January 2020
say anything to him about this. January is his favorite month. If you have kids, you’re inside a lot and everyone is still coming down from all of the fun Christmas activities. Fun, indoor activities are a must-have in case
of rain or snow, or if it’s just too miserably cold to go outside. I mean, sure, they could stay on their electronics all day, but I try to keep them off unless they’re driving me completely crazy. Mama’s gotta stay sane too.
So, here are a few of the things we do to stay off of electronics and keep peace in the family. Snow ice cream If snow is in the forecast, my kids aren’t only excited about missing school, they’re excited about snow ice cream! It’s super easy to make and tastes just like homemade ice cream. I make sure that I have sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, and vanilla on hand, along with, of course, milk and bread. Board or card games Board games are always fun with the family. My kids can play UNO for hours. We always take this game on vacation with us to wind down at night after a long day of sightseeing. A new game they haven’t played yet is always exciting.
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New markers and art pads I have elementary and middle-school aged kids and they still love new art supplies. Keep a stash of new markers and an art pad on hand for a rainy day. I’m going to add some how-to-draw books in as well. Save boxes Save all of the Christmas boxes! I’m always amazed at the things my kids can create with boxes. I’m talking hours of entertainment. I think they like boxes better than toys. Have snow clothes on hand If snow is in the forecast tomorrow and you don’t have any clothes suitable for snow yet, you’re too late. My kids will stay outside much longer if they’re nice and warm.
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If your kids have the right clothes, when it snows they can stay outside to build, and then eat, their snowman.
New books If you have a kid that loves to read, getting a new book that they like is a great activity for a yucky day. I would like someone to give me a book that I like so I could read all day. Baking My baking skills consist of chocolate chip cookies, but my kids always love helping in the kitchen. Get them involved. Family movies We make watching a new movie an event at our house and popcorn is usually involved. 18 WINC. | January 2020
Renting a new movie and having some movie theater treats on hand is always a win.
if they start driving your crazy, you can’t go wrong with a movie and popcorn.
Hot chocolate Who doesn’t love hot chocolate? Make some hot chocolate with the kiddos. Use your favorite recipe and let them add the marshmallows.
Listen to a book on tape Listen to a book on tape or read aloud. My kids still love to be read to.
Blanket forts Give them all the sheets and blankets. See how big of a fort they can make. Have fun with your kiddos on the days when it’s too cold or wet or snowy to go outside, and
Call grandma and grandpa Your kids can tell them all about the snow day. Charades I had no idea my kids would like charades until we had a babysitter introduce the activity! They love it.
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Reader’s Choice Awards 2019
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January Faith Feature
New Year, New Land: A Year of Taking Possession Happy New Year! I love the imagery of new beginnings in the book of Joshua. Under Joshua’s leadership, the Lord brought His people into the land of promise and after years of slavery and wandering, He gave them the gift of rest. The book of Joshua is about taking possession of the land God had gifted them with. The promise of land didn’t remove the Israelite’s responsibility in moving forward to possess it. The conquest required a holy dance
between Jehovah and His people. God promised, the people followed the rhythm with steps, God showed off, and the Israelites gave glory to the master choreographer. After much land had been taken, things must have gotten comfortable. Perhaps even a bit of apathy had set in, because God tells Joshua in chapter 13, “You are old and advanced in years, and there remains yet very much land to possess.” Joshua returns to the people and encourages
them to lay hold of all the land. At the start of 2020, I think God wants us to know that there is still much more, “land,” to possess ... there is still ground to be covered. When I think about this subject, a few examples come to mind… • I recently had friends that felt the call to foster and adopt. They knew their, “land,” included opening their home to children. Last year, they adopted four children, giving them the inheritance of family. womensinc.net 21
In the span of a single year, they grew from a family of three to a family of seven. • My mother-in-law didn’t allow retirement or the loss of her husband to steal her purpose. She continues to teach and mentor women on how to be Godly wives and mothers. Her, “land,” will have lasting impact on generations to come as these women pass on the wisdom they have been freely given. • There are high school and college kids who choose to spend their summers pouring the gospel into the lives of students in the Czech Republic. Salvation can be a slow process for those in atheistic cultures and these young adults on mission know that forming lasting relationships might be the opening for the 22 WINC. | January 2020
Czech students to believe the gospel. The, “land,” for these young adults is their desire for the Czech students to know Christ personally and the hope of seeing a nation behold God once again. • One couple’s, “land,” was the desire to do something about ending world hunger. Through a beautiful – and tasty! – business model, more than 11,733,278 meals have been given to children in need. You may have eaten a taco or two and had the chance to help feed those in need! The stories are never ending and I am sure a few are popping into your head, as well. No matter the age, talents, or limitations, there is still land to possess. As we embark upon a new year, maybe God would be delighted if we asked Him one simple
question: “In my life, what land remains to be taken?” The answer might require courage and obedience, but we can boldly proceed because the Lord has promised to be with us every step of the way. There is a promise of rest when we move forward in obedience. Onward, Christian soldier. The Lord is with you and He is all you need. Becké Stuart has always been drawn to the written word, but she fell into penning the words herself when she found herself needing an avenue to process grief. For Becké, writing has been one way to dive headlong into the hard stuff of life, allowing God to meet her right there in the mess and answer her chief prayer: “Lord, give me eyes to see!” Becké’s deepest desire is that her words might offer readers a glimpse of Jesus and His infectious love. Becké has been married to her husband, Eric, for 21 years. Together, they are raising four boys ranging in age from 6 to 19. When she isn’t cheering her clan on in sports, she enjoys photography, singing, and having coffee with friends.
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The entrance to Auschwitz-Birkenau with train tracks leading directly into the camp.
Remembering Auschwitz: 75 years later By Andrea Champlin
There’s not a lot I can say about Auschwitz that hasn’t already been written. Auschwitz is the German name for the town of Oświęcim, Poland, just outside of Krakow. This little Polish town was where the Germans chose to set up their most infamous, and deadly, concentration camp. An estimated 1.1 million people were murdered here, mostly Jewish people, making it the largest mass murder site in the history of the world. In January 1945, it 24 WINC. | January 2020
was liberated by the Allies and this month marks the 75th anniversary. My husband and I were in Krakow for one day last year and took a guided tour of Auschwitz. Something that I did not know before we went, is that Auschwitz was a series of camps, three larger and three smaller. We visited two: Auschwitz I and Auschwitz-Birkenau. Auschwitz I was the main concentration camp with the notorious Arbeit Macht Frei – work sets you free – sign. Auschwitz II or Aus-
chwitz-Birkenau was a short drive away and it’s the camp most have probably seen photos of with the train tracks leading right in. As I mentioned earlier, almost anything about Auschwitz can be found with a simple Google search, but I want to take you on the tour with us. It’s an emotional place to go. I’m not Jewish and to my knowledge, did not lose any family members to concentration camps, but if you’re not emotionally affected by
The death wall of Auschwitz I where condemned prisoners were shot.
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Art done by the prisoners in Auschwitz-Birkenau, just steps away from the gas chamber and crematorium.
A view of Auschwitz 1. 26 WINC. | January 2020
visiting Auschwitz, you may have a rock where your heart should be. We started the tour in Auschwitz I and walked directly under the Arbeit Macht Frei sign that I had seen so many pictures of. Once inside, I was struck by how ordinary it seemed. I was expecting an immediate feeling of death or evil. I’m not sure how to explain what I expected, but I felt really guilty that I didn’t meet my own expectations of how I should feel. It was a crisp fall day, the trails were park like, and the brick buildings looked almost collegiate. That thought was short-lived though, the horror was about to begin. We started a tour through several of the buildings that housed prisoners, mostly Jewish, but political prisoners as well. I’ve read a lot about WWII and Auschwitz, but I don’t think one can ever be prepared for actually seeing it. The photos of the prisoners, the stories of torture and murder, and seeing where it all happened, was soul crushing. The Nazis took all of the prisoners’ possessions, some of
which were on display. We walked past mountains of shoes, tons of hair that had been shorn and carefully labeled suitcases that would never find their owners. There is something called the “death wall” in Auschwitz I. It’s just a plain brick wall, but it’s where the Nazis would line up the condemned and shoot them, mostly Polish political prisoners and members of clandestine groups. Something that I didn’t know before our visit was that an estimated 20% of the pre-war Polish population died during WWII. After, we visited the gas chamber and the crematorium of Auschwitz I. I didn’t think it could get much worse, but a short bus ride later, we arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau where that feeling of evil that I had expected at the first camp hit me. Everything about this place screamed death and there was no mistaking its purpose. The railroad, very efficiently, goes straight into the camp. Prisoners were quickly separated to either die quickly in the gas chamber or die slowly from a combination of disease, slave labor and starvation. There was no, “Work sets you free,” sign here, no illusion about survival. The prisoners arrived to Auschwitz-Birkenau in cattle cars, most immediately led to the gas chambers. While we were viewing the lone cattle car on display that was used to haul prisoners, our tour guide led us on a walk. He explained that this would have been the exact walk condemned prisoners would have taken and asked us to imagine what it would have been like: the fear, the barking dogs, the yelling. The walk was short – the Nazis were amazingly efficient murderers – but it’s a walk I still think about, the end of which
This pile of shoes represents only a tiny fraction of the shoes that were on display, shoes stacked several feet high on both sides. There were similar hallways that contained luggage and tons of hair.
stopped at the steps that led down into what was left of the gas chamber – the Nazis tried to destroy the evidence of their crimes by demolishing the gas chambers and crematoriums before they were liberated. After the gas chambers, we walked to the prisoners’ barracks in Auschwitz-Birkenau. I’ve seen many photos of the wooden bunks that were three rows high, located not far from the crematorium and gas chambers, which I tried to imagine being so close to in addition to what it would have been like
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What’s left of the steps down to the gas chamber in Auschwitz-Birkenau.
The barracks in Auschwitz-Birkenau.
living in those poor conditions. As I was walking through the barracks, I noticed two walls of art, which our tour guide said were drawn by the children, one of the reasons why this particular area is visited. Then I tried to imagine seeing friends and family die, living next to a crematorium, in mortal fear every day and then trying to soothe my soul with art. I don’t know that there was anything more touching ... in the midst of all that horror, was art. While I was planning this trip I felt guilty about wanting to see Auschwitz. It felt wrong going on vacation to see where people died. But, shortly be-
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knock on the door in the middle of the night and a ride in a cattle car. Auschwitz is important. This story of unchecked hatred and dehumanization is important. Swastikas still make an appearance today. Anti-semitism still exists, and if you read a newspaper or watch the news, you know anti-Semitic hate crimes are on the rise throughout the world. We must know our history, or we will repeat it. “We must take sides,” Wiesel said. “Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.”
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fore our trip I read Elie Wiesel’s book, “Night.” Wiesel survived Auschwitz and wrote about his experience there. He felt it his job as a survivor to share his story and the story of the Jews, or he considered it a betrayal of their memory. I think it matters why you want to go to Auschwitz. If you’re going to get a selfie and post it on Instagram, please stay home. If you’re going to have an understanding of history, this place is extraordinarily emotional. I carry it with me all the time and I think about it almost every day, but especially when I’m putting my kids to bed. I’m thankful I don’t have to worry about a
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A Clean Slate By David Smith
A few months ago, in early October, Shirley and I went on a cruise out of Boston up along the New England coast into Canada. We saw some beautiful scenery from Bar Harbor, Maine to Montreal, Canada and generally recharged our batteries along the way. One of the stops we made was on Prince Edward Island where we visited Green Gables Heritage Place in Prince Edward Island National Park. This is the site that inspired Lucy Maud Montgomery to write her most famous novel, Anne of Green Gables, which is so well-known and loved around the world that it inspires hundreds of thousands of visitors to the island every year. Even though the site is very touristy, it was still a beautiful setting complete with the old house and period-correct furnishings, white picket fences, green meadows, and great walking trails including Lover’s Lane. (See the picture below) Admittedly, I never read the book. It really is more of a young, teenage girl type of novel that tells the story of Ann “with an e” Shirley. Basically, Anne was orphaned very early in her life and spent a number of years in either orphanages or foster homes where she was badly mistreated. Ultimately, however, she was adopted by Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a brother and sister, neither of whom ever married and who lived together in their ancestral home in the fictional town of Avonlea on Prince Edward Island. When we returned home, I was looking on Netflix for something to watch and discovered a series entitled Anne with an E, which is described as a reimagining of the
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original book. We’ve watched both seasons and are waiting for season 3, which should be available in January. In one of the early episodes, Anne Shirley goes to school for the first time where, even though she is very smart, she is woefully behind all of the other students. Consequently she encounters an inordinate amount of ridicule and bullying. Anne’s volatile temper got the best of her on one particular occasion in school and she promptly broke her slate over the head of her tormentor, Gilbert Blythe, who was teasing her about her long red braids. Anne needed a new slate. This story got me to thinking about new beginnings and new opportunities that the start of each new year brings. Each January we each have a clean slate in front of us. There is nothing written on it and it is up to us as to how the narrative will go. Granted, circumstances beyond our control sometimes seemingly guide the chalk as we touch it to the slate of our lives. The former heavyweight champion, Joe Frazier, once said, “Life doesn’t run away from nobody. Life runs at people.” No one is immune to this, but each of us has the choice to not let life’s circumstances define us. Consider what Martin Luther King once said; “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort or convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” In my practice I see examples of life running at people every day. I see people who are acutely ill, people who are emotionally fragile, people who have chronic medical conditions, people with addiction issues,
people who have suffered loss of spouses or parents or close friends. Early in my career I realized that people really don’t want to buy what I had to sell – they need it. Consequently, a major point of emphasis for me and the rest of my staff is to try to make each person who walks through our door smile. I personally struggle as I observe people having to decide whether they can afford to buy their medication and still have enough money for food. This is especially true for those of our customers on fixed incomes. There isn’t enough chalk in the world, nor a slate big enough to figure the math to make the numbers add up. As you (and I) start the new year, might I suggest that we write at the very top of our clean slate this quote from Muhammed Ali; “Our only hope lies in the power of our love, generosity, tolerance and understanding, and our commitment to making the world a better place for all.” I realize that none of us is able to do this in our own power, so let me close with one more quote from Philippians 4:13; “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Prayers for you all as we start this new year. David Smith is the owner and chief pharmacist at Smith Family Pharmacy where he works with his wife Shirley and staff. He graduated from the UAMS College of Pharmacy in 1974 and has been taking care of people in the Conway and surrounding areas for more than 43 years.
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One family’s desire to glorify God in the midst of chaos Story by Hilary Andrews Photos courtesy of SoHo Photography and the Martin family In May of 2017, Conway’s Tim and Kaitlyn Yant made a visit to the emergency room. Kaitlyn was having some stomach pain and wanted to get it checked out. That day the world came crashing down for the local couple. “You never think that it’s cancer,” Tim said. In July 2016, the two were trying to get pregnant. After a visit to Kaitlyn’s doctor, fibroids were found and the couple were sent to an oncologist, who then, ruled out cancer based on family history and age. Back to May 2017, the diagnosis was different. Two doctors walked into the Yant’s room and had more grim news. “The first thing out of the first doctor’s mouth was, ‘It’s not good,’” Tim said. They explained that based on scans she had gone through, Kaitlyn did have cancer but they weren’t sure what kind. It wasn’t just fibroids, but whatever was there, had grown significantly. Immediately, the couple asked themselves, “what do we do now?” 30 WINC. | January 2020
“How does a 28-year-old … what’s going on,” Tim said Kaitlyn asked him. The next step … make an appointment with an oncologist and go from there. Immediately, the two went to Kaitlyn’s parent’s house, Dave and Tracy Martin. “You go through all those emotions, lots of tears, lots of whys and now what,” Tim said. “Lots of questions, all directed toward God. Toward the end of the day, it was just me and her at this point and she looked at me and said, ‘That doctor came in and said, ‘It’s not good,’ but all I can think about is all day the Holy Spirit has been saying to me, ‘Even though it’s not good, He’s still good.’” And that was Kaitlyn’s outlook the entire time she battled her disease … “He is good,” knowing that God spoke that directly over her the day she was diagnosed. Then, the battle began. Over the next year and a half, the 28-year-old, alongside many family and friends, fought for her life. Her first surgery was scheduled
for May 22, 2017. Tim said what was supposed to take up to five or six hours, took one, then the doctor came out to the waiting room. “Immediately, it’s just like, a rush of emotion,” he said. “I honestly thought they were going to say they lost her on the table. She came in and basically said, ‘I opened her up and it’s everywhere. There’s not much that I can does, we took samples and closed her up.’ That’s all she said and that’s all she had to say.” In recovery the next day, Kaitlyn got the news that she only had about a year to live and was hit with a panic attack, one of many in the months to come. Over the next week, Kaitlyn began her recovery from surgery and started thinking. Tim said she had to resolve to fight and that week she made a decision … let’s do this. “It’s where she got this, ‘I don’t care what the doctor said, I’m going to do what I have to do to be here,’” he said. Where was Tim’s mind in all this? “You work through your own
stuff as well,” he said. “Of course, you are supportive but you’re angry and frustrated, annoyed at times, but also thankful they didn’t lose her on the table. I don’t know, it’s kind of surreal. I remember it well but it feels like a million years ago.” Kaitlyn’s dad, Dave, said that’s exactly how it feels. The Martins were and still a very, close family. They go on vacations together every year to North Carolina, take trips to Silver Dollar City, attend everyone’s graduation ceremonies, are there for prom and homecoming, every holiday dinner and game nights in between. “It was very surreal,” Tracy said. “It was just so, so much to take in.” Dave said it’s a blur at this point. “As a dad, I did what you’d expect a dad to do … we try to fix things,” he said. “So, I remember that was kind of the mode that I was in.” The whole family went into task mode, Dave being the one to being the search of hospitals to take Kaitlyn to next. Every step of the way, the family
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prayed over every decision, every move and asked God for wisdom, met head on with help from the Holy Spirit. “We thanked the doctor for her expertise but we just basically said, ‘God’s got the final answer on this and we’ll see what he’s got to say about it.’” The family faced really hard days in the hospital, night after night of sleeping in hospital chairs, encouraging Kaitlyn, supporting each other. For Dave, being able to do
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nothing was the hardest of all. He said there were so many times he had to go before the Lord, specifically one time after Kaitlyn had another panic attack. “I couldn’t carry that burden,” he said. “It was at that moment that I was trying to do that.” That focus on God, was absolutely spearheaded by Kaitlyn the whole time, Psalm 107:1 the passage she latched onto: “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, his love endures forever.” Despite her faith, Kaitlyn was still human and had low points. In the highs, she wrote letters to herself and her family would read her words back to her to encourage her to find joy in each day. “We said, ‘Your words are getting us through,’” Tracy said. She said her daughter knew she needed to be in a healthier mindset to fight. When she couldn’t make those decisions, she relied on the wisdom of her family, her team. “I can remember multiple times where she would .. not lose faith, but falter,” Tim said. “She would say, ‘what if God doesn’t heal me, sometimes I don’t feel like he’s going to, right now I just don’t believe it.’ As a husband, what do you say to that? “I felt like, ‘OK, if you can’t believe, then I’ll believe for you.’ In those times where she felt weak, I would try to stand there and say, ‘Listen, we know what the Lord has promised, he’s going to heal you. We know that. Regardless of whether that’s here, or there, we know you’re going to be healed. So, when you don’t believe he’s going to heal you here, I will believe that for you.’” He said she was human in other
ways too … she would get cranky and frustrated and scared. “I think anybody going through what she went through, I don’t care how strong your faith is, you’re going to have those weak, human moments,” Dave said. “She had them.” He said most people didn’t see that, but instead, always saw the joy, Kaitlyn never wasting a moment to humbling proclaim her faith in God. One of the ways she did it through her Facebook page, Kaitlyn: Hope Against Hope, which stemmed from Romans 4:18, where Paul talks about 100-year-old Abraham’s desire to bear children and God’s promise to make that happen and the hope against everything that God’s promise would come to pass. “It was all about having hope in a hopeless situation,” Tim said. “That’s where she got that and took it and ran with it.” The page began as a way for Kaitlyn to allow God to use her, a way to share her story for those who might need to hear it, give people an avenue to receive updates, showing both the good and the bad, her faith and her struggles … while it was happening to her, how can God use it to further his kingdom and how can she use it to give God Glory. “I think the Facebook page was birthed out of that,” Tim said. “The audience was birthed out of the desire to glorify God and give him the praise he deserve in spite of any situation … in spite of the darkest, deepest valley, he still deserves our praise and adoration.” At one point, Tim remembers seeing a reach of about 57,000.
“In the moment, it’s that big because obviously the Lord wants someone to see something,” he said. Tim said they started slapping that phrase, “Hope Against Hope,” on everything; hats, clothing and more. “[Sharing her faith] was first nature,” he said. “When you ask the question, ‘what made it such a big deal,’ that’s literally it. I believe God saw her faith and was like, ‘Alright, I’m going to bless it.’” Not only was Kaitlyn an inspiration to her family, she touched the hearts of many through her Facebook page, during treatment, in face-to-face interactions, etc. Tracy said during a hospital stay in California, her daughter would just witness to the nurses all around her and talk about her journey, several even following the Hope Against Hope. They knew her fight, they’ve seen it. “I think they really saw how strong she was, in her faith and, just in the way she would talk to them, they just thanked her,” Tracy said. “It was really these sweet conversations. This nurse sat down in the floor of her room and they just talked and talked.” Her impact was everywhere. “More than anything else, she would always put faith and her relationship with the Lord on the very front of everything she posted, everything she said,” Tim added. “It was always on the tip of her tongue.” While her faith was strong, the disease had taken a toll on her physical form. When Kaitlyn got quiet, her family always knew she was thinking about something. During a particular rough day womensinc.net 33
in September 2018 at St. Vincent Hospital in Little Rock, Kaitlyn got quiet. Tracy and Dave were sitting in the hospital room with her, Tim out for a break, when she got quiet. “We all knew something was up,” Dave said. “That was that turning point. She was tired. That kind of started the journey of her accepting that maybe she’s not going to get a physical healing here.” Tim returned with dinner and immediately felt a weight. He sat down on the bed, held her hand and Kaitlyn told him she’d made the decision to enter hospice. Tim laughed and said she had expected more emotion out of him. He said he told her that that conversation wasn’t “the beginning of the end” for him and reassured her that yes, he was devastated but at the same time, was OK with her decision, still having that, “Hope Against Hope.” Kaitlyn was moved back to the couple’s home in Conway. Over the next several weeks, her health began to decline even more but that didn’t stop her. A planner and control freak at heart, Kaitlyn set out to be even more intentional with her family, spending sweet moments with her sisters, Meredith and Jamie, having alone time with her husband and planning what was to come next, even planning her own funeral down to the tee. Dave said she embraced death, knowing and understanding where she going next and what was happening. “It was one of her ways of embracing and preparing what He had for her,” he said. When she felt lost and anxious, her family would step in and help bring calmness and assurance of 34 WINC. | January 2020
who God was and the promises he had made. She was ready. Even in the end, she knew who she wanted in the room and who she didn’t. She started to pass, but Dave said she came out of the fog and realized her brother-in-law, Meredith’s husband, Joe, wasn’t in the room and refused to go. The night of Sept. 28, 2018, all was right in her world and Kaitlyn went to be with the Lord. Meredith said even an hour before she died, her sister’s hands were raised toward the Heaven’s, praising and worshiping God. On Oct. 6, 2018, a celebration of life service was held, planned by Kaitlyn’s hands, at New Life Church in Conway, hundreds and hundreds packing out the room to pay tribute to their friend’s life. In November, the family took
another trip to their favorite North Carolina beach and spread Kaitlyn’s ashes among the waves. “This place, this beach is the perfect resting place for Kaitlyn for many reasons,” Tim wrote on the Facebook page. “She loved it here. She’s been coming here her entire life. I used to complain because we took the same vacation EVERY SINGLE YEAR! I would argue, ‘Just one cruise and then we can go right back to going to Sunset Beach!’ Kaitlyn wouldn’t have any of it though. This was her second home. Her heart might have been in Arkansas but her vacations were in Sunset Beach, no exceptions! “Yeah, this is the perfect resting place for Kaitlyn. Her grandma lives here and her grandpa lived here with her grandma until he passed away last year. Both of her
great grandparents lived and died here and when each of them passed the family all gathered together on this very same beach and scattered their ashes in this very same ocean. There is a legacy of believers being put to rest on this beach just as Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob left a legacy of believers being put to rest in the field of Ephron. Their family gathering together each time, bringing the earthly remains of each one of them back to that place, and laying them to rest.” Over the past year, the family has tried to find a sense of normalcy in the hole that was by Kaitlyn’s passing. “It’s exhausting,” Tracy said. “The first year is just too much. There were so many firsts right away.” The couple would have celebrated their ninth marriage anniversary in November, then the Thanksgiv-
ing and Christmas holidays came and then Kaitlyn’s birthday was in January. “You just can’t catch your breath,” Tracy added. To write this story, the entire family had to meet up together and talk about the entirety of what had happened, which turned out to be the first time they had done that. Dave said that night was healing, but in most family settings, he gets anxiety. “It’s those moments where I just feel like she should be sitting there,” he said. Kaitlyn’s legacy still lives on, though, in the impact she made in the people around her and the social media platform, which Tim has taken over. “She left this legacy, how do I continue it,” Tim asked. He said he didn’t want to waste what God has graciously given
and decided to start a nonprofit in Kaitlyn’s name, “Hope Against Hope,” an organization to raise money for people who have been given a terminal diagnosis to help with finances, wanting to provide that relief they had received along Kaitlyn’s journey to other’s through the Grace of God. “The whole thing is literally to give, through Christ, people hope in a hopeless situation,” Tim said. “It’s not a coincidence Kaitlyn came across Romans 14, it’s not a coincidence that Abraham had a child at 100 years old, it’s not a coincidence that the Lord put all these puzzle pieces together the way he did, so people can, even in their darkest moments, have hope. If that looks like a check for X amount of dollars so they can pay a couple of bills that month, that’s what it looks like, regardless of what they believe.” On Oct. 23 this year, that dream became a reality with the held of Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston, who officially filed Hope Against Hope’s nonprofit status. “Kaitlyn would frequently show off her faith in a humble way,” Tim said. “I want to do the same.” womensinc.net 35
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Elks Club Talent Show. Occasionally, educational shows were presented to specific audiences or special guest speakers would deliver an address at the theater. John Deere Day, attended by a capacity crowd of mostly farmers, was an annual event there. When the Grand was converted to a movie theater, moviegoers would see a comedy followed by a serial (a chapter in an ongoing story) and the main attraction. The serials were not always deemed appropriate and there was at least one instance when the mayor actually censored a, “Fatty Arbuckle,” series. Coming attractions were shown last. In 1917, a Wurlitzer motion picture pipe organ orchestra, which could be played by hand or by roll, was installed and a month later, a 24-inch exhaust fan, driven by a half-horse motor, was also installed, which would 38 WINC. | January 2020
change the air of the theatre every ten minutes and was said to have added greatly to the comfort of the patrons. Interior decorator Charles Nelson and his son painted and redecorated the theatre later that year. A new front, consisting of marble wainscoting and French beveled plate glass, was put in. The west wall had several large panels of hand-painted designs while the stage had draperies that were color-coordinated with the walls. The front of the theatre was finished in a pebble-dash – similar to stucco – electrical fixtures were installed and the rear wall was also moved back, making room for an additional 100 seats. It was said to be one of the most beautiful fronts of any theatre in the state. Sadly, two years later 31-yearold Jesse H. Lincoln, the theatre manager, suddenly died of heart
failure in the lobby of the theatre. Lincoln, owner of Lincoln Electric Company, was the only son of Mrs. Effie Lincoln and the late Col. Louis C. Lincoln, one of the pioneer citizens of Conway. The Grand Theatre seated 582 in the 1930s and was operated by Arkansas Amusement Company through 1935. Malco Theatres took over operation the theatre in 1935, running it until the its closed in the mid-1950s. In the 1940s, the Conway Theatre, which opened on Front Street in the location of the former Ideal Theatre, and Grand Theatres, were both owned by Malco and run by the same person, first Mayor James J. Kane and then Sidney B. “Robbie” Robinson. During World War II, both theatres often showed news reels of the war effort and even led war bond campaigns, showing a feature film to those who purchased
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“E” bonds. One of the most memorable events that took place at the two theatres was the annual Christmas party. In cooperation with the Conway Kiwanis Club, the theatres would throw a Christmas party for all Faulkner County children under the age of 16. Buses would bring local children to the theater to watch a feature film and after the show, as the children were leaving, a Santa Claus would give each child a paper sack with candy, fruit and nuts. For many people who grew up outside of Conway, their greatest memories are of coming into town for the show. In the early to mid-1950s, the Grand showed
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