In the past, bullying stopped at the school door. Today, as parents and teachers are all too aware, it can follow their child home. As social media grows and technology evolves, students become increasingly vulnerable online. Tellingly, a recent C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health showed bullying and cyberbullying topped parents’ list […]
She’s by all accounts a very good girl — and in several instances, a lifesaver. Tiger, a three-year old shepherd mix, had been awaiting a forever home for months when she was adopted through the Humane Society of South Mississippi. When Karla Patterson-Bryant and her daughters took Tiger into their Biloxi home in March of […]
Rhiannon Owens’ mom has joked that her daughter got her artistic start in a highchair, finger-painting with her food. Family members also say the D’Iberville resident’s talent is hereditary, passed down from a dad with a knack for drawing. “As an only child, my imagination kept me out of trouble,” Owens recalls. “I would sit […]
Photos by Brandi Stage When others tell Sasha Bledsoe they never could be a foster parent — that she and her husband are somehow special — she begs to differ. “(Foster children) don’t need perfect parents; they just need a parent that’s willing to love them,” says the stay-at-home mom of two, “and loving a […]
As she battled lupus, an inflammatory disease affecting the immune system, Kristen McCaleb also struggled to stay employed. “I was having a hard time holding down a job because of getting sick a lot, plus I was living with (really) bad eczema,” she recalls, “so I had to do something that would allow me to […]
Give a woman the right outfit, and she can conquer the world. That belief is the business philosophy of April Bullock Burks, who says empowering women always has been important to her. As owner of Love, ivy boutique in Ocean Springs, Burks adds, she gets to live her dream daily. “I love dressing women and […]
In many of her own movements and gestures, Emily Burke sees a reflection of her mom. The Biloxi native also finds herself calling those she loves ‘’baby,” a habit she picked up from her mom, Nanette Burke. Lately, she’s realized that when she’s tired, she even sighs like her mom. Given that they’re built alike, […]
Her vocation is helping women look their best, but makeup artist Jackie Merlau knows that real loveliness radiates from within. “True beauty comes from the heart,” says Merlau, who has been working as a makeup professional for 13 years. “It is how you treat others. Always choose to be kind!” An in-demand artist based in […]
Despite some misgivings, Kris Norwood of Chop Shop Beauty and Barber listened to his wife — and took a chance on the “man weave.” “She would always tell me how great it would be for our business if I would do them because no one else was really interested in them in our area at […]
For military spouse Kathy May, the first part of her husband’s deployments tend to be the hardest. “That’s when life slows down for the family; we feel the separation the most,” says May, who is married to Col. Brian May, 403rd Operations Group commander at Keesler Air Force Base. “We are the ones feeling the […]
