To Tan or Not to Tan

To Tan or Not to Tan

The dangers of tanning beds are well known by all, and whether those desiring a sun-kissed look choose to acknowledge skin-damaging statistics or not, the fact is that summer is coming, and warm weather beckons shorts and tank tops out of the deepest reaches of the...
An Everyday Kind of Lovely

An Everyday Kind of Lovely

My publisher and I had the honor of attending the Saint Mary’s Foundation Ga*La this Saturday. I was very excited to experience this black tie affair, a thrill that increased exponentially when on my lunch break one day last week, I tried on a prom dress from my...
Get Inspired, Give Life

Get Inspired, Give Life

When her eyes opened in a hospital room, Holly Werlein had no idea she’d undergone a liver transplant surgery. What’s more, the 21-year-old from Traverse City could not imagine that a few years later, she would be founding the Holdol Wear Clothing line and...

Go the Distance

For couples like Giuliana and Bill Rancic, being in a long distance relationship is reality, whether it is easy or not. But while movies have been made (Going the Distance, Like Crazy, Sleepless in Seattle, Casablanca), and songs have been sung (A Thousand Miles by...
Hindsight is 20/20

Hindsight is 20/20

This weekend I gave an alumni talk for an organization with which I was heavily involved with in college. The talk was part of a weekend retreat where I myself retreated every semester while at MSU. I’ve given talks on those retreats before, some in the exact...