Aug 30, 2017 | 2017, Inspired Woman Magazine, September
Article and Photos by Michelle Farnsworth Now that my firstborn is 20 years old and living on his own, I find myself looking at baby clothing. Wishful thinking? Maybe. But more than anything, I am truly in awe of all the options available for babies and toddlers. And...
Aug 30, 2017 | 2017, Inspired Woman Magazine, September
By Patrick Atkinson | Submitted Photo On the seventh day, when God finished creating the earth and decided it was time to rest, we mere mortals were left to our own devices. One result is that we created babies. After that we became parents. We fed our children and...
Aug 30, 2017 | 2017, Inspired Woman Magazine, September
Submitted Photos Tell us a little about the history of the Bismarck Doula Community (BDC). In January 2014, Amy Gilliland Ph.D., CD (DONA), taught a three-day doula training in Bismarck, where there had previously been very few doulas. From that class, a group of six...
Aug 30, 2017 | 2017, Inspired Woman Magazine, September
By Stephanie Fong | Submitted Photos On any given Wednesday or Friday, guests to the West River Community Center (WRCC) in Dickinson can peer through the windows of the Mac Gym and see a throng of preschoolers leaping, running, hopping, or singing enthusiastically. ...
Aug 30, 2017 | 2017, Inspired Woman Magazine, September
Covert. Oxymoron. Inundated. Steadfast. Tenacious. Those are just a few of the 200 words included in Kristi Frahm’s new vocabulary curriculum for teaching high school vocabulary. The vocabulary curriculum is called “The Power of 200.” It’s something Kristi has been...
Aug 30, 2017 | 2017, Inspired Woman Magazine, September
“Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.” —Psalm 82:3-4 That’s a verse that has guided Vonda Dahl’s life since she was a teen. It eventually led her to...
Aug 30, 2017 | 2017, Inspired Woman Magazine, September
As a young girl, Bethany Andrist dreamed of being a Burning Hills singer in the Medora Musical. “Every year my family would go to Medora. In the early 90s there was a girl from my hometown who was in the show. I was captivated and thrilled,” Bethany remembers. In...
Aug 30, 2017 | 2017, Inspired Woman Magazine, September
By Pam Vukelic | Submitted Photo Our kids left home years ago but we still have many boxes, bins, and totes in the basement that say “Save for Reed” and “Save for Meredith.” I suspect when the time comes to go through them there may not be much that is of value...