“Save it for the fall” has become our mantra around here. My sister’s two children and my two children, all four of them, will be in school this fall. For the first time in our lives, we will have the house to ourselves to work on GTWoman Magazine. While we admit this is a bittersweet […]
Author: Kandace Chapple
Tball Angst
If I sit long enough at a t-ball game, I start to buy into the end-of-the-world speeches my dad likes to give. My dad believes that everything is being watered down, muddied, ruined in the name of equality, where no one gets their feeling hurt or, worse, loses. I thought he was being a little […]
Mom Skillz
Pictured here is Kandy’s favorite photo. Look closely. What is Kerry doing? Remedying a problem. Where is she at? In her car, parked as far away from the entrance to a GTWoman luncheon as she can manage without entering traffic. What should she be doing? Not smiling for a photo. Most notable is the iPhone […]
Puking kids and deadline, my two favorite things!
Three days of sick children. The same three days before this issue went to press… Wednesday morning is press deadline, and it dawns gray but glorious: For it has been 36 hours since anything erupted out of either child. 36! That is one and a half times more than the recommended 24-hour window of recovery. […]
Kisses to my Grandma
Our sweet Grandma Maddox went to heaven the day after Christmas to raise cain with Grandpa Nels. Here, are just a few of the million things I loved about her. Peanut butter fudge. I blame Grandma for my addiction to peanut butter in any shape, size or form. The women gathered around the kitchen table. […]