What I Should Have Asked Mother

What I Should Have Asked Mother

Apr 30, 2018 | 2018, May

by Betty Mills | Submitted Photo My mother was orphaned at the age of 12 when both of her parents died within two months of each other of tuberculosis—the killer disease of two generations ago. She didn’t talk about it much, but I remember her description of her...
What I Should Have Asked Mother

A Suite of Support for Breastfeeding Moms

Apr 30, 2018 | 2018, May

by Tracie Bettenhausen  | Photography: Photos by Jacy Alicia Gourd says we could all do more to support moms. “There is a lot of pressure on women today,” Alicia says. “Women are busy. We work, raise our children, doing what we can to be our best in...

Little Links: A Big Idea

Apr 30, 2018 | 2018, May

by Stephanie Fong  | Submitted Photos When some people recognize a need in their community, they talk about it. Kathy Olin saw a need in Dickinson and took action. During the peak of the most recent oil boom in western North Dakota, Kathy’s husband, Scott, was...

Community Contributor: Kristi’s Heart Hugs

Apr 30, 2018 | 2018, May

    Submitted Photos Kristi Lafrenz was born with a congenital heart defect called Tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia. She had her first open heart surgery when she was just one week old. She had two more while in school and her last surgery in 2008....