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I Was So Far From My Family — How Could I Enjoy Christmas?

By Sally EstesBorn and raised in the same town, unfamiliar just wasn’t in my blood. I grew up near grandparents and cousins and uncles, every festivity filled to the brim with people. Christmas Eve was crowded, full of 20-something voices belting out carols around a piano and more food than anyone could possibly eat, though somehow we managed. Christmas morning meant Mama’s delicious breakfast and a reading of the Christmas story. Dad played both Santa and referee as my sisters and I surveyed our spoils. It was tradition, and every year I anticipated its precious [...]

By April Allman|2016-12-21T09:30:00-05:00December 21, 2016|Christmas, Today's Family Now|

Before You Go…Put your face on

By Megan M. Seckman In a million years, Louisa Kleinert never would have guessed that her career as a classically trained oil painter would lead her down the path — over hills and valleys of loss and self-actualization — to her current destination: professional makeup and cosmetic tattoo artist. But here is where she has found her dream job.Louisa, 30, became a freelance oil painter after graduating from Centre College with a degree in fine arts, but was bitten by the academic bug and decided to attend graduate school in Philadelphia. Shortly after her theory [...]

By April Allman|2016-12-20T09:30:00-05:00December 20, 2016|Before She Goes|

Paula Blankenship’s Secrets for Creating a Business

By Marie BradbyThe walls inside of Paula's office were painted using her chalk paint. Most of us shirk away from change, but not Paula Blankenship, an entrepreneur whose paint business headquartered in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, is gathering world-wide attention after only three years in existence.For 25 years, Paula had been operating a furniture and floor covering business in her native Oneida, Tennessee. When the Great Recession hit in 2008, she closed her longstanding businesses and began commuting from Oneida to New York City as a designer for commercial projects.“The economy had died,” Paula says. “Then, one day [...]

By April Allman|2016-12-19T09:30:00-05:00December 19, 2016|Survival Skills|

How You Can Help: Single Mothers Become College Grads

By Megan S. WillmanFamily Scholar House helps single mothers find stability and teaches them life skills. Jasmine Wilkins, one of the FHS participants, is with her daughter Brooklyn. In 2011, Kate Brackett selected Family Scholar House (FSH) as part of her Master in Social Work internship from Murray State University. A Louisville native, she thought it would be fun to spend the semester close to home while she worked to complete her degree. Kate didn’t expect to fall in love with Family Scholar House, but that’s exactly what happened. Today, Kate serves as the director of [...]

By April Allman|2016-12-18T09:30:00-05:00December 18, 2016|Giving Back|

It’s All About You!

As part of our 25th birthday celebration, we want you to celebrate where you are now, and think about how you can bring more joy into your life for the New Year. Find some inspiration from these 25-year-olds.Brittany Mills (above)Corporate Attorney Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP; Just moved to Los Angeles after photo to start her new job after graduating from Duke Law School.Her thoughts on being a woman: “I think (it will be) an exciting day when men can empathize with women’s issues not because they have a daughter or sister but because they hurt as [...]

By April Allman|2016-12-17T09:30:00-05:00December 17, 2016|Celebrating the Years, Today's Woman Now|

She’s Painting a Story on Story Avenue

By Megan SeckmanOne drive through Butchertown will remind you how it earned its name. There is the unmistakable odor, for one, and the endless flux of steel-toe booted men traversing crosswalks to the pork processing plant, for another. But look a little closer.There’s a new element to this tapestry of industry. Perched outside the plant on Story Avenue, in a tiny vintage camper, sits an artist. Armed with photographs, projectors, some paint, brushes, and a few very tall ladders, Tara Remington (known to her friends as Remi) works to tell The Story on Story: a [...]

By April Allman|2016-12-16T09:30:00-05:00December 16, 2016|She's Reading|

I Was So Far From My Family — How Could I Enjoy Christmas?

Before You Go…Put your face on

Paula Blankenship’s Secrets for Creating a Business

How You Can Help: Single Mothers Become College Grads

It’s All About You!

She’s Painting a Story on Story Avenue

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