Mid-days With Lauree

Maybe you're like my friend who thinks there's nothing happy happening in the world. But if you take a look a little deeper, you'll find good all over Dallas/Fort Worth!

If find yourself knocked down by life, I hope Melissa's story can be an encouagement to you of not to allow your circumstances to define your future.

Valentina Dominguez is a 9-year-old who thought she'd lost her "best friend" forever when she accidentally left her on a plane in Tokyo. Valentina, whose family lives in Plano, was devastated. Her best friend happens to be an American Girl doll named Beatrice.Lost forever? Nope! Because after their story was passed around, James Danen of Richardson saw it. He just happens to be a First Officer with American Airlines!

If you're hurting today, I'm praying for you.

If you've built up walls in your life to keep from getting hurt again, I understand. But try not to build them so high that the joy gets blocked out with the pain.

If your heart is hurting from grief today, I know what you might be going through. I'm there, too.

If life is really tough for you right now, please allow the encouragement that the Lord gave to Joshua be YOUR encouragement as well.He said, "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”Whatever you're struggling with, God can help!

A Desoto teenager went to a store parking lot hoping to find work in hopes that he could buy school clothes. He didn't expect to run into an angel!

Life can feel brutal at times. Our circumstances may be bleak. But, God is still good.

Some people just walk by the Walmart greeters and go about their business. But that's nearly impossible to do when that greeter is 86-year-old Mary Ruth Robinson. She hopes to be the reason you forget about your shopping stress.

If, right now, you find yourself at the end of your rope, I pray you can find comfort in knowing that all you need to hang is one thread: the one from the robe of Jesus.The Lord says that you can do all things through Him who gives you strength, so please... don't give up!

It's back to school time for many North Texas school districts, and what happened in Forney is pretty neat! Young people, you're not in it by yourself. You don't have to handle everything by yourself. Your success is something we all want to see!

Many of us have kids going back to school. Some as students, or for my family, as teachers and administrators. The Lord says where two or more gather in His name, so let's gather and storm the Heavens with this prayer.-Sonny

There's a parent out there who must be pretty proud of their son for standing up for himself and refusing to go along with the crowd that was playing pranks on the neighbors. Instead, he took their game of ding-dong ditch and turned it into something that has gone viral in the most positive way!

When I saw this feature on Good Morning America, I knew I had to check to see how far it was from our studios in downtown Dallas.See, the place is Cafe' Momentum, a Dallas restaurant that doubles as a nonprofit professional training facility for kids impacted by the juvenile justice system. The restaurant is a living example of its motto, "Eat, drink, change lives."

I am always looking for good news to share with you and I didn't have to look very far to find the heroic act of two police officers from White Settlement, Texas as they rescued a man from the front seat of a burning car!

July 20th is one big party for the Clark family as three sisters celebrate the same birthday -- and no, they're not triplets. They're all 6 years apart!

At you job, you may accumulate PTO: personal time off. But have you heard about the new PTO? Parenting time off?If you need time off to be effective at work, does the same follow for being a parent? Without getting some downtime, parents are at risk of crashing and burning. To read about warning signs and solutions, click this link: case of burnout.That's why Matt Ragland, an expert in productivity, agrees. Now he’s taken his professional know-how and carried it over to his life as a father. In a viral tweet he sent on July 23, Ragland explains how he and his wife will start giving each other PTO or PARENTS time off.

THANK YOU to everyone who came out to KCBI's Faith Hope Love Celebration at St. Andrew Methodist Church in Plano. We had an amazing time and God's goodness was on display all over the place.One of those moments of God's goodness was with one of our supporters Clarence who's grief journey came full circle as the Afters took the stage last Saturday. Take a listen for yourself!

"Everyone deserves a swing at bat," said Dr. Michael George of Tylock-George Eye Care in Irving. "Everyone deserves the opportunity to have a better life."So Dr. George created the George Foundation for sight restoration, and doing by gifting eye vision back to his elegible patients for free!