Self Growth

BRONCOS. WE COULD USE SOME HOLIDAY CHEER TONIGHT. KMBC NINE ALAN SHOPE EXPLAINS WHY PEOPLE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD IN OAK GROVE ARE SHOWING OFF THAT CHEER. A BIT EARLIER THIS YEAR. DIDNT REALLY HAVE A GAME PLAN, AND FOR OAK GROVES. AMBER SPANN THATS OKAY. AND I JUST KEPT GOING WITH ALL KINDS OF LIGHTS AND SHE LOVED IT. OH, ITS REALLY BEAUTIFUL. ITS SO PRETTY. AMBER SHARES A BACKYARD WITH NEIGHBOR SUE BOYD. BOYD TURNS 92 AT THE END OF THIS MONTH AND HAS BEEN BATTLING SOME REALLY TOUGH HEALTH CHALLENGES. THATS WHY AMBER DECIDED TO DECORATE HER HOUSE WITH HOLIDAY LIGHTS. THAT IS MY BEST FRIEND BEHIND ME, AND THATS EASY TO TELL. AMBER STARTED WITH A SMALL PORCH AREA AND JUST KEPT GOING, EVEN TURNING A BLUE SPRUCE INTO A CHRISTMAS TREE, AND I FOUND OUT THAT ITS VERY POKEY AND I BROKE OUT IN A RASH. BUT SHE KEPT GOING, DIGGING THROUGH EVERY CLOSET, LOOKING FOR MORE AND MORE LIGHTS. I KEEP TELLING HER, COME IN AND REST A WHILE. COME IN AND REST, YOU KNOW, AND SHE SORT OF SAID, IM. IM ON A MISSION. IT MADE HER HAPPY. AND THATS ALL WE CAN DO, RIGHT NOW, IS TRY TO MAKE HER HAPPY. AMBER SAYS IT TOOK SEVERAL HOURS TO COMPLETE AND THOUSANDS OF LIGHTS, BUT SHE SAYS IT WAS WELL WORTH IT. YOU CANT TAKE LIFE FOR GRANTED, AND YOURE NOT PROMISED TOMORROW. ITS ONE NEIGHBOR HELPING ANOTHER NEIGHBOR THATS BATTLING A TOUGH DISEASE BECAUSE SHES NOT JUST A NEIGHBOR IN OAK GROVE, ALAN SHOPE KMBC NINE NEWS. AMBER SAYS SHES NOT DONE YET. SHE SAYS AS THE HOLIDAYS DRAW CLOSER