Life Circles

Life in Circles: Miss Ludington Area, farm girl with a guardian angel.

June 11, 2016
Life in Circles: Miss Ludington Area, farm girl with a guardian angel.

Life In Circles by Stephanie Wagner. Sponsored by Pro-Master Carpet Cleaning, 231-757-9061, promastercarpetcleaning.com. What do you think of when you remember the year you turned 11? For me, it was the last summer of the freedom of childhood before the fog of teen angst crept in. Long bike rides with lake damp hair, endless ice cream, pigtails, and skinned knees.…

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Life in Circles: Giving birth to change.

June 4, 2016
Life in Circles: Giving birth to change.

Life In Circles by Stephanie Wagner. Sponsored by Pro-Master Carpet Cleaning, 231-757-9061, promastercarpetcleaning.com. There are moments in all of our lives where we simply refer to “before” and “after”. We may not know it at the time, but they are the game changers, the forks in the road, the defining moments. For Tracey Chapman, like many other women, it began when…

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Life in Circles: Carpe Diem.

May 28, 2016
Life in Circles: Carpe Diem.

Life In Circles by Stephanie Wagner. Sponsored by Pro-Master Carpet Cleaning, 231-757-9061, promastercarpetcleaning.com. If laughter is truly the best medicine, then Deb Del Zoppo is getting it right. No stranger to storytelling, Deb has been a wanderer, horsewoman, teacher, construction worker, mentor, daughter, sister, and friend in her 58 years. Spend any time with her, and you know she has…

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Life in Circles: Building a future.

May 14, 2016
Life in Circles: Building a future.

Life In Circles by Stephanie Wagner. Sponsored by Pro-Master Carpet Cleaning, 231-757-9061, promastercarpetcleaning.com. When I asked to interview Erica Karmeisool, I expected a lively conversation about what it means to be female in a traditionally male setting.  Erica is the founder of Ludington’s new Makers Market, 227 W. Ludington Ave., Ludington, and was recently named as one of the “Future…

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Life in Circles: Unexpected mothers.

May 7, 2016
Life in Circles: Unexpected mothers.

Life In Circles by Stephanie Wagner. Sponsored by Pro-Master Carpet Cleaning, 231-757-9061, promastercarpetcleaning.com. It starts early in April. Ads featuring smiling women, bent down on one knee, smiling at the wispy haired toddler, holding out a crayoned card. Nurseries offer discounted flats of cheerful zinnias and hanging geraniums. Churches dust off their pews to make way for the sulky teens…

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