See How She Turned Grief into Something Beautiful

After the death of her infant daughter Lily Grace in 2012, Amy Elzy, our Way to Go Woman winner in the Overcame Obstacles category, turned her loss into a support system for grieving families. She started the Lily Grace Project, an organization that provides hairbows and knit hats to sick children who are in the intensive care units at Kosair Children’s Hospital.Amy maintains relationships with these families through her Facebook page called Never Forget Lily Grace. In 2016, she partnered with Sarah Ivens Moffett, a reporter with The Courier-Journal, to start a writing workshop for grieving [...]

By |2017-09-28T19:00:00-04:00September 28, 2017|Today's Woman Now, Way to Go Woman|

She Chose Louisville Part 3: From a Vision Board to the Runway

By Marie Bradby   Why We Chose Louisville They have seen the world. They have successful careers. They could live anywhere. They chose Louisville. Here are three transplants — tops in their fields — who are making Louisville their forever home and stitching themselves into the quilt of life that is the Bluegrass. This is RaeShanda Johnson's Story. From a Vision Board to the Runway Models of all shapes and sizes walk the runway at the Second Annual Derby Scholarship Fashion Show at the Olmsted, wearing body conscious but elegant and sophisticated clothes locally designed [...]

By |2017-09-02T14:30:00-04:00September 2, 2017|Explore Louisville, Featured, Today's Woman Now|

She Chose Louisville Part 2: From New York to the Heart of this City

By Marie Bradby   Why We Chose Louisville They have seen the world. They have successful careers. They could live anywhere. They chose Louisville. Here are three transplants — tops in their fields — who are making Louisville their forever home and stitching themselves into the quilt of life that is the Bluegrass. This is Lisa Zangari's Story. From New York to the Heart of this City For 12 years, Lisa Zangari traveled the world (Europe, Asia, and North, South, and Latin America) for her job as an innovation consultant based in New York City. [...]

By |2017-09-02T11:30:00-04:00September 2, 2017|Explore Louisville, Featured, Today's Woman Now|

She Chose Louisville Part 1: From the World to Kentucky

By Marie Bradby Why We Chose Louisville They have seen the world. They have successful careers. They could live anywhere. They chose Louisville. Here are three transplants — tops in their fields — who are making Louisville their forever home and stitching themselves into the quilt of life that is the Bluegrass. This is Kathy Stearman's Story. From the World to Kentucky “My job was amazing, especially when I got to work overseas,” says Kathy Stearman, who was an FBI agent for over 26 years. “I would meet people (counterparts in allied countries) and they [...]

By |2017-09-02T08:30:00-04:00September 2, 2017|Explore Louisville, Featured, Today's Woman Now|

How I Will Raise My Son

By Kaitlyn English You don't want to read the list of things I've done in the past week. It would take me too long to remember, you'd end up bored, and I'm fairly certain that nesting is a very real super-power. Let's just say I've done a lot to try to be as ready as I can be with a baby so nearly on the way.I'm having a son. I followed my husband around in the months leading up to when we had agreed to start trying, and I would laughingly whisper "soon.” A month [...]

By |2017-08-25T08:30:00-04:00August 25, 2017|Today's Family Now, Today's Woman Now|
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