by Megan Willome

Waco isn’t the mythical land of Narnia, but many of us can remember a time when the city was stuck in always-winter, never-Christmas. Downtown was not dead, but it was certainly frozen.

Baylor students left town on weekends and as quickly after graduation as possible. Tragedies happened.

The spell began to break about a decade ago, with the help of a little TV show called “Fixer Upper.” Suddenly, we remembered the beauty of th...