Amy McNamara: Small Town, Big Heart
The decision to move to Grand Ledge was anything but thrilling to city girl Amy McNamara. After growing up in Dearborn Heights, MI, and being used to the city life, McNamara found it hard to tame herself for a smaller city. Now, McNamara couldn’t be happier with her life, including her residence. “It is the perfect place to raise a family — there are...
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Business Profile: October Moon
The simple things are sometimes the ones that bring you the most joy in life — the alluring aroma when entering a room, that newly purchased handbag, a lotion that makes hands feel silky smooth. That is what October Moon is all about: the simple things in life. Walking in the door at October Moon, you receive a blast of refreshing scents, an earful of exotic...
Continue ReadingThoughtful Holiday Giving
I love the holiday season! My family celebrates Christmas, and I get things started the day after Thanksgiving. The tree goes up, the stockings are hung, the carols are playing and the vanilla candles are burning (my mom always burned vanilla candles at Christmas time, so it’s not Christmas without them). Once the house is sufficiently decorated it’s time...
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Business Profile: Legacy Model & Talent
As a girl, Sherly Ellis had no self-confidence. She towered over her peers and viewed herself as the ugly duckling. Always slouched over, Ellis ran into some trouble with her health and was astounded when a doctor told her she should be carrying herself proudly. After that day, she enrolled in modeling classes and started embracing the height she once considered...
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Every day, thousands of women get pregnant, and thousands of women lose their jobs. For those women who experience both at the same time — or otherwise find themselves in a rough patch they cannot imagine raising a baby in — there is hope. Hannah’s House is the answer, functioning as a shelter for women who have nowhere to go and are financially unprepared...
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Resolve to be a Positive Force
In the hustle and bustle of life, it’s easy for the plight of others to escape our thoughts. We often spend so much time focusing on our needs and lamenting all of the bad things that happen to us that we don’t consider how blessed we truly are. As a society, I am often astonished at how we can be so connected and yet so disconnected at the same time. We...
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Susan Sanford: Work-at-Home Mom
Growing up as the youngest of seven children and being able to have her mother home until she was 10 years old molded Susan Sanford’s perspective on the life her children should have growing up. Sanford met her husband Mark at church. She soon discovered that he had also been raised with a stay-at-home parent and was coincidentally also the youngest of seven...
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Rochelle Rizzi: A Twist in the Road
Rochelle Rizzi can look at one moment in her life and say that was when it all came together. After graduating from Lansing Community College (LCC) with a degree in graphic design, Rizzi was set to move to New York. She had a job and lease lined up, and a plane ticket in hand. That’s when she got the call that her grandmother was passing away. She met her...
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Stories to Lose Yourself In
When it is cold and snowy outside, nothing is more fun than curling up under my favorite blanket with a good book — a book that takes me to different times and places and introduces me to characters which leave me thinking long after the book is finished. Two books that I have recently read, one by myself, the other with my daughters, are perfect titles...
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Nine Cast Creates Movie Magic
Nine is the perfect movie to start off the New Year. It is a wham-bam musical exploration of a man trying to find balance in his personal and professional life by shucking off bad habits and embracing what is solid and real. This is pretty much ripe New Year’s resolution territory. The best part is that this lost, wayward man looks to all the dynamic and...
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Restaurant Review: Sultan’s Mediterranean Cuisine & Bakery
Food The menu has a wide variety of traditional Middle-Eastern dishes. The seasoning tends to be very flavorful, but not overly spicy. There are several combination dinners available if you wish to have a sample of several dishes. Starters During dinner hours, Sultan’s serves baskets of puffy warm pita bread, freshly baked in the open hearth. We ordered...
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5 Excercises to Break from the Treadmill
Get creative with your cardio workouts. Exercises benefiting your cardiovascular system do not have to be limited to running and cardio machines. Try to add a total body workout to your exercise plan. Total body workouts not only increase your heart rate, but also improve your overall strength and power. Perform each exercise for 30 to 60 seconds and move...
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