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Out Of Love: The Lash Bar's Melissa Watts on What's Important
Melissa Watts started The Lash Bar, offering services for lashes, brows, hair, and tanning, in order to fund her passion for charity, and to uplift and empower women locally and internationally. The Lash Bar has now allowed her to travel with over a dozen different humanitarian organizations all over the world. When Melissa was a kid, she sent money to a girl in Kenya. People told her she was wasting the money, and the organizations kept it, but Melissa felt that she was doin
Ashley Peterson
Dec 13 min read
Holiday Safety Tips: Keep Your Littles Safe This Holiday Season
Kylee Rogers is the president of Safe Kids Utah, a coalition that implements evidence-based programs, such as car-seat checkups, safety workshops and sports clinics, that help parents and caregivers prevent childhood injuries. She's also a best practice quality expert, ensuring children's toys are safe for public use, and she helps write the safety standards that the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission adopts into law. “My passion is safety education for caregivers and pa
Ashley Peterson
Dec 12 min read
Saratoga Springs Splash Days and Lehi Round-up Photos
Saratoga Springs Splash Days and Lehi Round-Up were a big hit in June! Activities included parades, concerts, pageants, sports...
Ashley Peterson
Sep 122 min read
A Summer Day With Kids and Pets
Start the day at Lehi Family Park, a new addition to Lehi! At 85 acres, Lehi Family Park is the largest park in Utah County, and has an...
Ashley Peterson
Sep 122 min read
A Summer Morning in Lehi
Start out the day by moving your body at the beautiful Jordan River Trail. There’s an endless list of things to see, and visitors can...
Ashley Peterson
Sep 121 min read
The Product Of Vast Education: Shanel of Shanel & Co on Invisible Bead Extensions
Shanel Moe, the owner of Shanel & Company, grew up in Maui, Hawaii, is the youngest of 8, and has always been into fashion and beauty....
Ashley Peterson
Sep 123 min read
Something From Nothing: Jen Johnson’s Journey to Opening proDo
proDo Blow Dry Bar is a positive, welcoming environment, full of kind-hearted hairstylists and customers. That all stems from the founder...
Ashley Peterson
Sep 123 min read
Patrice Worlton: Spotlight on a Beloved Educator
Left: Patrice Worlton Patrice Worlton, the administrator at Dry Creek Elementary School, got into education because she loves kids. “I...
Ashley Peterson
Sep 122 min read
Inspiring Future Fitness: Kenny Knight’s School Bootcamps Teach More Than Just Physical Fitness
Kenny Knight is a retired U.S. Marine Corps and Army combat veteran who overcame personal hardship, life-altering adversity and the...
Ashley Peterson
Sep 123 min read
Dancing To Lifelong Skills: Studio 19 Teaches More Than Just Dance
At just 23 years old, Brooklin Pace, the owner of Studio 19 Dance, creates a welcoming atmosphere for all of her students. The number one...
Ashley Peterson
Sep 124 min read
True Community At Plunj Saratoga Springs
Plunj Saratoga Springs is, first and foremost, a community. When you arrive at Plunj, you’re greeted by the friendly and knowledgeable...
Ashley Peterson
Sep 123 min read
More Than Just Aesthetics: Hope At Avanti Medical Center
Avanti Medical Center is about more than just aesthetics. Kellie Lewis, FNP, has been doing hormone therapy for 23 years, and has helped...
Ashley Peterson
Sep 124 min read
Spring in Utah
There are so many beautiful places in Utah, and so many fun events in the spring! These are some of my favorites. Explore the mountains...
Ashley Peterson
Apr 181 min read
The Value of Life Experience
A few months ago, I realized my current projects were finishing up around the time that my apartment lease was ending. I had been...
Ashley Peterson
Sep 30, 20242 min read
My internship at W. W. Norton!
This spring, I interned at W. W. Norton as a Marketing and Editorial Intern in their Countryman imprint! It was such a great experience...
Ashley Peterson
May 1, 20242 min read
Your Comfort Zone Will Kill You
As inspiration to myself, here's a work-in-progress list of all the things I never would've done if I had stayed in my comfort zone....
Ashley Peterson
Dec 6, 20233 min read
Job-Searching In The Big Apple
In August 2023, I picked up my entire life and carried it in two suitcases and a backpack to New York City. When I arrived, I had a...
Ashley Peterson
Nov 10, 20232 min read
Of The Many Reasons I Love You
A creative writing exercise about a good friend. Of the many reasons I love you, here’s one. You stay by my side Loyal through and...
Ashley Peterson
Sep 8, 20231 min read
Understanding Grace
Are you worried about putting in the right amount of effort to fill the gap and pay the debt? Imagine a fill-in fundraising meter that...
Ashley Peterson
Jun 4, 20232 min read
Article Teasers
Promises to Elizabeth, Part 1: The Blessing by Sheila Kindred The Friend November 2006 Think of a time that you’ve exercised faith. Did...
Ashley Peterson
Jun 3, 20232 min read
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