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YOLO Travel Guide: Jamaica

By Megan Seckman When Kendra Garvin, 44, was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer five years ago, she knew she had a choice to make. Kendra had worked for 15 years as a cancer registrar, where it was her job to collect and record the tragic accounts of deceased cancer patients. She knew exactly what was ahead and the grim outcome of her diagnosis. She knew she could choose to succumb to being sick after the chemo, radiation, and immunotherapy to come, or she could truly live. It took a cancer diagnosis for this island [...]

By April Allman|2017-01-20T09:30:00-05:00January 20, 2017|Travel|

What We Love About Her Hair (and her spirit!)

By Miranda PoppYou know her as Tropikana, the on-air radio personality weekday afternoons on B96.5 FM. In her words, she’s “Cleveland made, but Louisville built,” and we love hearing that. Having been in Louisville for a little more than a year, she’s made a home for herself and her baby boy and also has left a huge impression on our community.Whether she’s on the mic in the studio or running around town with her son, she sports the most beautiful hairstyles. “Your hair is your personal accessory,” she says. “Be versatile, daring, and confident with [...]

By April Allman|2017-01-19T09:30:00-05:00January 19, 2017|Looks Book, What We Love|

Dress for Your Dreams

By Keri FoyWhy Lindsey Mango believes you should focus on the future.What’s your brand? I’m not talking about your favorite brand of makeup or jeans.“Every person is his or her own brand, and what you wear reflects that,” says Lindsey Mango, who recently left a position as a recruiter for Northwestern Mutual to follow her passion for life coaching. “Although fashion isn’t everything, and who you are as a person is the bigger matter — how people show up is a reflection of how they feel as a person on the inside.”Lindsey believes in dressing [...]

By April Allman|2017-01-17T09:30:00-05:00January 17, 2017|Work Wardrobe|

A Career That Means Something to Her and is Flexible for Her Children

By Megan S. WillmanNikki Grizzle keeps everything in perfect balance between motherhood and managing Blessings in a Backpack.We expect schools to educate children, to help them to develop into responsible global citizens, and to offer them academic, athletic, and artistic opportunities. A growing number of children, however, rely on schools to provide their daily meals. What happens to the more than 16 million children in our country who go home to empty cupboards on the weekends? That’s where Blessings in a Backpack comes to the rescue. Blessings in a Backpack began in Louisville in 2005 [...]

By April Allman|2018-07-02T15:29:53-04:00January 16, 2017|Old Weekend Posts|

Courtney Glenny’s New Place in the Local Arts

By Bella Portaro KueberA new year with new beginnings led this creative right into the place she’s meant to be.Courtney Glenny’s aspirations to be a part of the arts have taken her around the world and back again and led her to her latest career move and a new place to call home.Courtney is the newest addition to the culture building team at Fund for the Arts as manager of corporate and employee engagement.It all began in Minnesota where she was born and raised by parents who supported and worked in the arts. Her mother [...]

By April Allman|2017-01-15T09:30:00-05:00January 15, 2017|Passions|

How to Stay Safe In Unpredictable Weather — The Kind We Get Here All The Time

By John G. WarrenI was so excited when I was promoted to main Weather Forecaster and Safety Consultant for the large company where I’ve worked for years. I got trained in computer forecasting models and atmospheric science, and learned how weather could endanger our employees. I also quickly became the most popular person in my neighborhood.Until I blew a forecast.Suddenly I was the one who almost got the rental clown struck by lightning. And I was sure — when my friends at LMPD asked — that the strongest storm cells would stay north of us [...]

By April Allman|2017-01-14T09:30:00-05:00January 14, 2017|Today's Family Now|

About April Allman

YOLO Travel Guide: Jamaica

What We Love About Her Hair (and her spirit!)

Dress for Your Dreams

A Career That Means Something to Her and is Flexible for Her Children

Courtney Glenny’s New Place in the Local Arts

How to Stay Safe In Unpredictable Weather — The Kind We Get Here All The Time

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