katy gartner

[Barstool KU @BarstoolKU]

What a moment in time.

[Mike Vernon @M_Vernon]

Bill and Melvin and the Kansas Jayhawks

[Kansas Men’s Basketball @KUHoops]

UNREAL.

[Drone Lawrence @dronelawrenceks]

Pay Heed All Who Enter

[Kansas Men’s Basketball @KUHoops]

ALL ABOUT THE FIGHT 🔴🔵

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

"My name's Raymond. I'm 73. I work the parking lot at St. Joseph's Hospital. Minimum wage, orange vest, a whistle I barely use. Most people don't even look at me. I'm just the old man waving cars into spaces.
But I see everything.

Like the black sedan that circled the lot every morning at 6 a.m. for three weeks. Young man driving, grandmother in the passenger seat. Chemotherapy, I figured. He'd drop her at the entrance, then spend 20 minutes hunting for parking, missing her appointments.

One morning, I stopped him. "What time tomorrow?"
"6:15," he said, confused.
"Space A-7 will be empty. I'll save it."
He blinked. "You... you can do that?"
"I can now," I said.

Next morning, I stood in A-7, holding my ground as cars circled angrily. When his sedan pulled up, I moved. He rolled down his window, speechless. "Why?"
"Because she needs you in there with her," I said. "Not out here stressing."
He cried. Right there in the parking lot.

Word spread quietly. A father with a sick baby asked if I could help. A woman visiting her dying husband. I started arriving at 5 a.m., notebook in hand, tracking who needed what. Saved spots became sacred. People stopped honking. They waited. Because they knew someone else was fighting something bigger than traffic.
But here's what changed everything, A businessman in a Mercedes screamed at me one morning. "I'm not sick! I need that spot for a meeting!"

"Then walk," I said calmly. "That space is for someone whose hands are shaking too hard to grip a steering wheel."

He sped off, furious. But a woman behind him got out of her car and hugged me. "My son has leukemia," she sobbed. "Thank you for seeing us."

The hospital tried to stop me. "Liability issues," they said. But then families started writing letters. Dozens. "Raymond made the worst days bearable." "He gave us one less thing to break over."

Last month, they made it official. "Reserved Parking for Families in Crisis." Ten spots, marked with blue signs. And they asked me to manage it.

But the best part? A man I'd helped two years ago, his mother survived, came back. He's a carpenter. Built a small wooden box, mounted it by the reserved spaces. Inside? Prayer cards, tissues, breath mints, and a note,

"Take what you need. You're not alone. -Raymond & Friends"
People leave things now. Granola bars. Phone chargers. Yesterday, someone left a hand-knitted blanket.
I'm 73. I direct traffic in a hospital parking lot. But I've learned this: Healing doesn't just happen in operating rooms. Sometimes it starts in a parking space. When someone says, "I see your crisis. Let me carry this one small piece."

So pay attention. At the grocery checkout, the coffee line, wherever you are. Someone's drowning in the little things while fighting the big ones.

Hold a door. Save a spot. Carry the weight no one else sees.
It's not glamorous. But it's everything."

Let this story reach more hearts....

Credit: Mary Nelson

[Liam @liamkeating7]

Washburn Rural State Championship first time since 2012!

They take down Shawnee Mission East 2-2 (4-2) in PKs!

[Rick Peterson Jr. @RickieKSHSAA]

@KSHSAA Washburn Rural wins penalty kicks, 4-2. Junior blues are 6A champs. Cook came up with two saves in Pks and rural buried all its attempts

[Kirk Herbstreit @KirkHerbstreit]

Thank you again for all the outpouring of love for our Ben. I can’t tell you how much it means to me and my family.

He wasn’t just my best friend – he was America’s best friend ❤️

[Bryson Stricker @BryBryStrick]

Four more days.

The Jayhawks are Coming. #kufball

🎥 @KuPosts

[whitney @its_whitney]

me going from couch nap to my actual bed

[katy gartner @KatyWagner16]

@gorockchalk 72-68 hawks!

[Kansas City Chiefs @Chiefs]

WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE SUPER BOWL!!!!!!!!

[katy gartner @KatyWagner16]

@gorockchalk 83-71 kuuuuuu

[Kansas City Chiefs @Chiefs]

🚨 IT'S DOUBLE VOTE DAY 🚨

RT for your chance to win this @PatrickMahomes autographed football and get double votes for QB1!

@Nationwide | #WPMOYChallenge

[Kansas Men’s Basketball @KUHoops]

Happy Birthday to the 🐐, @CoachBillSelf 🎉

[katy gartner @KatyWagner16]

@KU_Football Nevertheless- my family and I are here and ready to cheer loud!! Rock chalk!!

[katy gartner @KatyWagner16]

@KU_Football Wish we had some sort of schedule of where the team/band events will be like last year… only the tailgate info published and many events seem to have taken place without anyone knowing (Zoo performance)

[WRTrack&Field @RuralTF]

Congratulations to Coach Wagner on being selected as an Asst Coach of the Year for the 2023 TF season!