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Find Peace, Beauty, and History in the Orkney Islands

[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="3.22.3"][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.22.3"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.0.47"][et_pb_post_title author="off" comments="off" featured_image="off" _builder_version="3.2.2" title_font="|700|||||||" title_font_size="37px"][/et_pb_post_title][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.23.3"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.23.3"][et_pb_image src="https://todayswomannow.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/WendyOrkney0532WEB.jpg" force_fullwidth="on" _builder_version="3.23.3"][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.23.3"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.23.3"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.23.3" text_font="||||||||" header_font="||||||||"]It was a 2014 National Geographic cover story that planted the seed of travelling to Scotland’s Orkney Islands, but perhaps the longing was something more primitive, tied inexplicably to Wendy Sirchio’s ancestral roots. What else would make a solo trip to the remote northeastern Scottish isles (notably cold and rainy and filled with old stuff) appealing? Only a Viking’s bloodline could explain her tenacity in traveling alone via an international flight, three [...]

By April Allman|2020-12-22T15:50:02-05:00October 6, 2019|Living, Travel|

Finding Light in Cancer’s Shadow: Michelle Henderson

[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="3.22.3"][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.22.3"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.0.47"][et_pb_post_title author="off" comments="off" featured_image="off" _builder_version="3.2.2" title_font="|700|||||||" title_font_size="37px"][/et_pb_post_title][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.23.3"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.23.3"][et_pb_image src="https://todayswomannow.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/RFCMichelleHenderson55WEB.jpg" force_fullwidth="on" _builder_version="3.23.3"][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.23.3"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.23.3"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.23.3" custom_padding="||0px|||"]Michelle Henderson, 36, isn’t letting cancer derail her happiness, and she wants other cancer patients to know life doesn’t cease after a cancer diagnosis. “It is not the end of the world. It is just a season you are having. It is going to be hard, and it is going to try you, but find your inner warrior. Don’t let it defeat you.” Michelle, who was diagnosed with stage II ER PR Positive [...]

By April Allman|2019-10-07T14:38:19-04:00October 5, 2019|Breast Cancer, Pink Woman|

Finding Light in Cancer’s Shadow: Amy Sager

[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="3.22.3"][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.22.3"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.0.47"][et_pb_post_title author="off" comments="off" featured_image="off" _builder_version="3.2.2" title_font="|700|||||||" title_font_size="37px"][/et_pb_post_title][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.23.3"][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="3.23.3"][et_pb_image src="https://todayswomannow.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/RFCAmySager290WEB.jpg" force_fullwidth="on" _builder_version="3.23.3"][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="3.23.3"][et_pb_image src="https://todayswomannow.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/RealFacesOfCancerAmySagerWEB-287.jpg" force_fullwidth="on" _builder_version="3.23.3"][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.23.3"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.23.3"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.23.3"]The first time Amy Sager, 53, performed self-examination, she found a lump on her right breast, but she disregarded it initially. “I couldn’t believe I’d find something immediately like that. It felt like a gland.” She kept feeling it and noticed that it was becoming larger. “I never told anybody, but went to my husband and told him, and he told me to call the doctor.” Amy had a [...]

By April Allman|2019-10-03T17:40:31-04:00October 5, 2019|Breast Cancer, Pink Woman|

Give Your Business a Boost

[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="3.22.3"][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.22.3"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.0.47"][et_pb_post_title author="off" comments="off" featured_image="off" _builder_version="3.2.2" title_font="|700|||||||" title_font_size="37px"][/et_pb_post_title][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.23.3"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.23.3"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.23.3"]Wild, a Louisville-based micro-accelerator and startup business, is currently in its second season of helping female entrepreneurs gain momentum for their companies. Meet the six women selected to participate in this year’s Wild Accelerator program.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.23.3"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.23.3"][et_pb_code _builder_version="3.23.3"][adrotate banner="87"][/et_pb_code][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.23.3"][et_pb_column type="1_3" _builder_version="3.23.3"][et_pb_image src="https://todayswomannow.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/WildBrittneyRidgeAndHayleySmith0941WEB.jpg" force_fullwidth="on" _builder_version="3.23.3"][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.23.3" width="97.8%" custom_margin="|7px||||" custom_padding="|0px||||"]Brittney Ridge and Hayley Smith: Bluegrass Bunkhouse Brittney and Hayley, co-founders of Bluegrass Bunkhouse – Louisville’s premier modern hostel and solution to the demands and desires of socially-conscious young professionals and [...]

By April Allman|2019-10-03T15:04:58-04:00October 4, 2019|Career|

Three Events to Buy Tickets for This Month

[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="3.22.3"][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.22.3"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.0.47"][et_pb_post_title author="off" comments="off" featured_image="off" _builder_version="3.2.2" title_font="|700|||||||" title_font_size="37px"][/et_pb_post_title][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.22.3" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.0.47"][et_pb_image src="https://todayswomannow.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/TheSunsetLimitedWEB.jpg" align="center" force_fullwidth="on" align_tablet="center" align_last_edited="on|desktop" admin_label="Featured Image" _builder_version="3.23.3"][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.22.3" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.0.47"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.23.3"]The Sunset Limited by Cormac McCarthy Bunbury Theatre Novelist/screenwriter/playwright Cormac McCarthy’s The Sunset Limited, begins soon after an African-American ex-convict named Black has stopped a Caucasian professor, White, from throwing himself in front of a subway train. Black takes White (who wasn’t looking for salvation), back to his apartment, where he starts singing the praises of the Bible. White, an atheist, says the afterlife [...]

By April Allman|2019-09-30T14:36:36-04:00October 4, 2019|Community|

Three Healthy Habits for Kids’ Teeth

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By April Allman|2020-10-06T11:31:21-04:00October 3, 2019|Past Sponsored|

Find Peace, Beauty, and History in the Orkney Islands

Finding Light in Cancer’s Shadow: Michelle Henderson

Finding Light in Cancer’s Shadow: Amy Sager

Give Your Business a Boost

Three Events to Buy Tickets for This Month

Three Healthy Habits for Kids’ Teeth

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