Show Off Your Muscles!
We featured Lynn Jones in our first Best Bodies issue in 2016. We're looking for some healthy, strong bodies to feature in our August issue. Don't be shy... nominate yourself or a friend now!
What Creative Tools Work for Her, and something she travels with
By Lucy M. PritchettShe works at one of the most peaceful spots in Louisville. Her desk overlooks the lake where generations of families have come to relax and feed the ducks. A place where one can have a moment of quiet reflection in the midst of a bustling urban environment. Cave Hill Cemetery may not be one’s first choice as a workplace, but for Kayla Wessling, who just turned 27, it almost seems a logical one. Kayla is originally from Batesville, Indiana, a town known for its manufacturing of caskets and cremation urns. Both her [...]
Help Your Loved One Get Dressed Easily
By Carrie Vittitoe If upper body weakness has made getting dressed a challenge for an older loved one, Ken Gould at Gould’s Discount Medical suggests these products to make it easier:sock aids (flexible plastic tools with handles on which a sock is placed and pulled up onto the foot)dressing sticks (dowels with hook-like attachments on the end, which can grab clothing and make dressing easier)long-handle shoe horns (a shoe horn with a long handle to prevent bending over)Spyrolaces (shoe laces that don’t require tying and can be tightened to preferred tension)button hook aids (hooks that [...]
Micki Thomas: “The things I’ve done volunteering are so different than what I’ve done my whole career…”
By Brigid MorrisseyThe stark contrast between her corporate IT career and her volunteer work in social services hasn’t fazed Micki Thomas. Upon retirement from her position with Yum! Brands, Micki has beautifully transitioned into helping fellow community members who are going through transitions themselves. Five years ago, a tour through the facilities of Volunteers of America, or a “journey” as the employees like to call it, spurred her into action and began a relationship that has affected many lives.As a consultant and interior designer within the organization, Micki volunteers most of her 10-15 hours a [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
