By Sue Buchholz Losing a companion animal, whether it’s a dog, cat, horse, hamster, or any animal, is a deeply personal experience for each of us. I have often heard people say that the pain can be more intense at times than the loss of a human family member. Then […]
by Lexi Kerzman | Photos: Photography by Kayla K. Pet owners in many senses are like parents. They love their pet more than anything and treat them as if they are their children. Parents take pictures of their children, and pet owners try to take pictures of theirs. Any pet […]
by Carole Hemingway | Submitted Photos I was diagnosed with colon cancer in 1984, and given at the most, six years to live. The stress of my mother’s deathbed confession and a looming divorce had not only attacked me emotionally, but physically. The search for my true self began in […]
By Marci Narum | Submitted Photos As a Realtor®, Denise Ziegler finds homes for families in the Bismarck-Mandan area. As an animal lover, she does the same for homeless animals. It started four years ago, with a sick little dachshund named Lucky. “My friend, Brenda Smith called and said, ‘I […]
By Jody Kerzman Brenda Bergan makes home visits for grief support to families served by Eastgate/Parkway Funeral Service, and she leads support groups for people who are grieving the loss of a loved one. She has made the Eastgate/Parkway motto her own: “Helping Families Heal.” Most of the time, that […]
by Tracie Bettenhausen | Photography: Photos by Jacy Kelsey Schulz says it happened because she’s different. It’s why the kids bullied her, all the way back to kindergarten. They picked on her because she was skinny. She was pale. Quiet. Short. Kelsey says the bullying started so young because her classmates seemed […]
by Marci Narum | Photography: Photos by Jacy Betsy Hamkens has been happily married to her husband, Steve, for 43 years. But she still remembers her first love, long before Steve was in the picture. “When I was growing up, my dad was into dogs,” Betsy says. “Dogs, dogs, dogs, […]
By Marci Narum | Photography: Photos by Jacy If she were able, Lori Geist would have smiled when unexpected guests arrived at her hospital room doorway for a visit in January. “Hi sweetheart. Look at you,” Lori says, petting Jillian, a 13-year old Sheltie. “You’re so beautiful.” Lori is recovering […]
By Jody Kerzman When Kristin Sathe’s doctor at Mayo Clinic suggested she look into alternative therapies for wellness, her search led her to beads and crystals. She never dreamed it would lead to a business venture. “I fell in love with the beads,” she says. Kristin says healing beads help […]
By Marci NarumWriting and telling stories comes easy for Monica Hannan. She’s been a trusted news professional for decades, as the veteran co-anchor of NBC North Dakota News on KFYR-TV, and as co-host of the ND Today Show. Publishing her own story was a little different. But it’s already been […]
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