Snowmobiling Lessons
By Kandace Chapple, GTWoman Editor WE GREW UP On snowmobiles. Weekends and evenings were spent outside sliding off the back of the slick seat of a 1981 Ski-Doo, trying to hang on to one another, riding double. Of course, the point was to dump the other one off, pretend we[…]
Read More »Between the Canyon: Our Bucket List Trip to the Colorado River
By Kelley Bowker We have been making travel “bucket lists” for years. One of the biggest trips on my husband Mike’s list? White water rafting through the Grand Canyon on the Colorado River. I looove adventure, so I was all in. I decided to plan the trip for Mike’s 50th birthday,[…]
Read More »Blending the Holidays: How To Embrace the Season as a Blended Family
By Alison Neihardt The holidays are upon us. There are parties to plan, school activities to participate in and gifts to purchase. Oh, the fun! For blended families though, finding cheer at this time of year often requires both careful planning and flexibility. Woes all around For many blended families,[…]
Read More »The View from a Blended Family
By Stefanie Tschirhart-Baldwin Eleven years ago, at age 29, I was newly widowed with a young daughter. I’d always valued our nuclear family, and, as I grieved the loss of my husband, part of me knew I would remarry someday. And I did, to a man who also had daughter.[…]
Read More »32 cousins & a Thanksgiving for the Books
By Wendy Sobeck I come from a very large Polish-American family. My maternal grandparents, Sylvester and Lucille, had 16 children, and my mom, Diane, was the fourth eldest. There are 32 of us cousins to date. Birthdays, anniversaries, holidays—and pretty much any given Sunday—were never hum-drum little gatherings. They were[…]
Read More »Workflow How-To
By Amanda Engler “Workflow” is a buzzword worth repeating, so I will. WORKFLOW. Finding ways to increase your workflow without also upping your time is essential in growing, scaling and automating your business. As a mom and solopreneur, I needed to protect my time so I could serve my family[…]
Read More »Grandpa’s Car – a look into a Thanksgiving past … when we were total idiots
By Kandace Chapple & Kerry Winkler Have we ever told you the story about the night we borrowed our Grandpa’s car? Yes, borrowed. We had permission to drive it. But we did not necessarily have permission to drive it where we did. Let’s set the scene. We were in the[…]
Read More »Forrest’s Miracle Story
By Nicole White It was mid-December. Forrest had just turned 4 a few weeks earlier, and my husband, Bo, was deployed to the Middle East. I’d taken our son and daughter to Montana, my home state, to be with my family for the holidays. We made a good dent in[…]
Read More »The Power of a (written, color, playful, unconventional) Journal
By Leslie Hamp Journaling is my mindful, sacred practice. I dove in deep after 911 and have been learning, practicing and teaching journal techniques since then. Whether you’re a busy mom, overwhelmed entrepreneur or creative spirit searching for a way to gain clarity, release stress or get in touch with[…]
Read More »The Women’s Resource Center: A Safe Place for Survivors and Their Families
By Juliette Schultz Just last year, the Women’s Resource Center in Traverse City cared for over 800 survivors. Some of these individuals sought our shelter, while others leaned on us for emotional support or criminal justice system assistance. Some of these survivors we have never met. They called our 24-hour[…]
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