Hope Soars: Rachel Isons
February 13, 2012 by Maggie Worth
Filed under Rachel Isons
Imagine that you’ve suffered a massive stroke at age 77 and been admitted to the hospital. The very next day, a 7.0 earthquake rocks your country and levels the hospital. You’ve been lucky, though; a nurse was able to push your wheelchair into the street before the building collapsed. You’re alive, but helpless. Around you [...]
Peggy Thomas, She’s Positively Successful
January 5, 2012 by Ellie White-Stevens
Filed under 2012, Peggy Thomas
We’ve all heard the saying, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” In other words, sometimes life presents us with obstacles, and we have to turn them into opportunities. But when given lemons, entrepreneur Peggy Thomas doesn’t settle for lemonade; instead, she’ll recruit your apples and my oranges, and make fruit salad. Peggy is fabulous [...]
Portrait of a Dangerous Woman – Mary Frances Bowley
December 2, 2011 by Nichole Bazemore
Filed under 2011, Mary Frances Bowley
Mary Frances Bowley peers through the partly drawn blinds of a room that overlooks a wide, open field. Outside, two young women, who are adults by law but look like teenagers, meet each other’s gaze and break out into childish, hysterical giggles. They embrace each other tightly and head to a swing set a few [...]
Jane Langford – The Art of Making A Home
December 2, 2011 by Maggie Worth
Filed under Jane Langford
Their names are legend: Vesta, Roman goddess of home and hearth. Demeter, Greek goddess of the harvest. Jane Langford—Brooks, Georgia goddess of…wait, who? Okay, so she doesn’t wear a flowing white robe or spend her spare time chasing down errant demi-gods. And she’s unquestionably real. Yet Jane is something many of us have only read [...]
Passion to the Core, Karyn Staples
November 14, 2011 by Nichole Bazemore
Filed under Karyn Staples
When you walk into ProHealth Physical Therapy and Pilates Studio in Peachtree City, you’d better be prepared to work—and learn. In preparing to write this story, I had heard that the owner of the studio, Karyn Staples, PT, PhD, OCS, was a powerhouse—a master teacher, engaged student, and savvy businesswoman. I arrive for a one-on-one [...]
Keisha Tillis, Hitting Her Stride as a Walker
September 11, 2011 by Jill Prouty
Filed under 2011, Keisha Tillis
Soft spoken, friendly, unassuming. That was my first impression of Keisha Tillis as she walked into a cycle class at a local gym. Wearing shorts with a loose fitting t-shirt and a do-rag on her head, she quietly said her hello’s as she made her way to the opposite side of the room and pulled [...]
Janet Lester and Vauna Bellury Share the Bounty
August 11, 2011 by Bonnie Helander
Filed under Janet Lester & Vauna Bellury
Vauna Bellury and Janet Lester are friends who have the same passion – to count their blessings and share their bounty. If you drop by Vauna’s house, you are likely to leave with some fresh eggs, courtesy of her nine chickens. After visiting Janet, your arms will be filled with some of her canned preserves [...]
Connie Fox: You Have to Change to Get Ahead
July 19, 2011 by Maggie Worth
Filed under Connie Fox, Cover Girls
Life is a funny thing. It takes twists and turns you wouldn’t expect, and sometimes you end up somewhere very different than where you meant to go. But if you learn to expect change and embrace opportunity, amazing things can happen. Connie Fox is a perfect example. Thirty-two years ago, she planned to become a [...]
Lily – a Love Story
June 14, 2011 by Kristin Girard
Filed under Sarah Lisle and Lisa Cover
There’s an air of joyful excitement at Delores Lisle’s house. In the cozy, comfortable living room of her ranch-style home, the coffee table is scattered with pacifiers and burp-cloths. A baby blanket is draped over the back of a chair. In the adjoining kitchen, spread across the countertop is an assortment of baby bottles and [...]
The Twilight Theatre’s Mother-Daughter Act
May 21, 2011 by Sherri Smith Brown
Filed under Cover Girls, Jeanne Hewell-Chambers and Alison Chambers
Heart. Dedication. A fascinating story. Unique, interesting, and lovable characters. A show-stopper song. A good laugh. A good cry. A show-must-go-on attitude. Those words might describe a successful Broadway stage show, but they could also describe Jeanne Hewell-Chambers and Alison Chambers—a dynamic mother-daughter team whose creative juices and dedication to the arts has produced The [...]
Lauren Clark – Citizen of the World
April 10, 2011 by Nichole Bazemore
Filed under Lauren Clark, Travel
Lauren Clark is the epitome of grace under pressure. The warm, yet extremely poised and focused 25 year-old exemplifies a worldliness and savvy far beyond her years. The daughter of Fayetteville residents Wanda and Michael Clark, Lauren made national news this past February when she was one of dozens of Americans who were evacuated from [...]
Bright Lights, Big City, Bridal Belle
March 10, 2011 by Maggie Worth
Filed under Bethany Phillips Dubie
Ah, weddings! Months of planning, a million decisions, days of butterflies. Finally the big day arrives and the bride walks down the aisle with her friends and family watching from the audience. Unless you’re former Fayetteville resident Bethany Phillips Dubie, that is. Her wedding was planned in fewer months than you’d believe possible, most of [...]