Aug 31, 2011 | 2011, August/September, Inspired Woman Magazine
Dealing with the stress of natural disaster By Kylie Blanchard An immense number of sandbags were filled and hauled, hundreds of houses were cleared of precious belongings, and miles of protective structures were built through an enormous community effort in...
Aug 25, 2011 | 2011, August/September, Inspired Woman Magazine
by Pam Vukelic When I’m writing this, it is the middle of June. Fourteen million sandbags have been prepared and placed in and around Bismarck and Mandan. The release of water from the dam has just reached 150 cfs, and for many, the waiting begins. It is an uncertain...
Aug 22, 2011 | 2011, August/September, Inspired Woman Magazine
Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith bring their ‘2 Friends Tour’ to the Bismarck Civic Center Wednesday, October 5th. The pair have toured together many times over the years, beginning in 1982 when Smith was Grant’s keyboard player. IW: What is it like touring with Michael...
Aug 17, 2011 | 2011, August/September, Inspired Woman Magazine
by Amanda Mack People who live extraordinary lives often elicit strong responses from those around them. Betty Mills is no exception and she has been called a lot of things in her eighty-plus years of life. For example, Pollyanna, daddy’s girl and Saint Betty – short...
Aug 16, 2011 | 2011, August/September, Inspired Woman Magazine
By Rhonda Gowen I wasn’t going to write about my mother. Nope. That would be too cliché. Perhaps I’d tell of my older mentor and fellow music teacher Nina, or my generous and entrepreneurial siblings, my perfectionist husband, or perhaps the...
Aug 10, 2011 | 2011, August/September, Inspired Woman Magazine
by Tina Ding Cowgirls Britany Fleck and Kennedi Kautzman fell in love with horses and rodeo as young girls. Scarcely five, they each sat atop horses and paid close attention to the wonders of rodeo as well as the daily chores and hard work that goes hand in hand with...
