We took the boys to their first “big” concert: Garth Brooks at the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids. “Will it be wild?” they asked. I told them this was the big time, complete with 40-somethings up past their bedtime and $12 beers at the concession stand. But, given that it was, in fact, 40-somethings, […]
Switching Places
I am an identical twin. And, yes, we have switched places. Just once. In 6th grade, when we were so exactly identical that the world was ours for the taking. It started because our cousins in the Yoop kept asking us if we’d ever switched. To be honest, we were the goodiest pair of two shoes […]
Traverse Magazine essay: The Blanket
I published an essay in the May 2016 issue of Traverse Magazine. We took the kids out back several nights last summer. Spread a big blanket in the yard, a huge fuzzy one from the flea market in Buckley. I picked it out after seven years of not picking it out. Read more here: http://mynorth.com/2016/05/kandace-chapples-northern-michigan-fleece-blanket/
A Night at the Mall
It was a Saturday night in February. It had rained for two days, leaving the snow hard and ugly. We had just finished a game of Sorry in which someone (me) had tossed the board into the air before it was over. The cat was howling at the back door to go out. She had […]
Girls Who Love Cookies
Our kiddos got a taste of the business world at our February GTW Luncheon. Nelson, age 11, and Brook, age 10, set up a table to sell restaurant coupons as a fundraiser for their 5th grade trip to Leelanau Outdoor Center (LOC). We enjoyed watching our two mini-entrepreneurs try their hand at business, and they […]
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