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The Curated Collection: Cape Family Medical

Sponsored Content Collecting memories is meaningful; collecting unwanted hair and dead skin cells is not. At Cape Family Beauty, our certified estheticians provide cutting-edge laser technology for hair removal, body exfoliation, extractions, skin resurfacing, tattoo removal and more. In a series of four to eight visits, noninvasive light therapy pulsates through the skin, gently breaking […]
2 months ago

The Curated Collection: A.G. Jones at Home

Sponsored Content A.G. Jones at Home offers a wide variety of quality flooring, accent tile, cabinetry, solid surface countertops, faucets, PPG Paints, fireplaces, grills and outdoor kitchens designed to fit any style and budget. Located in Roost Home Design Marketplace, our products fairly reflect value by balancing quality and price to maximize affordability and customer […]
2 months ago

Poem: Things I’ve Collected

By Kayla Ackelson I’ve been collecting things. The memory attached to the smell of Listerine, my grandmother’s second-floor bathroom. I think it was pink. And the time I spent in her home growing up. The ache of nostalgia for a time I didn’t experience every time I hear “America” by Simon & Garfunkel. The instinct […]
2 months ago

Sponsored Content: Giving Birth? Consider donating birth tissue to help others heal

What if, after giving birth to your healthy baby, you could also help heal people suffering from chronic wounds, help athletes recover from sports injuries and advance arthritis research? And all through donating birth tissue that would otherwise be thrown away. With the help of Cardinal Biologicals, a company that repurposes non-transplantable human biological material […]
2 months ago

meet along the way: Charlotte Slinkard

By Alexis Engelhart This story was first published as “Book About Cape Girardeau Garners Attention of the French: Town in Moulins considers naming street after Cape Girardeau’s founder’s father” in the March 2025 issue of The Best Years.   A native of the city of Cape Girardeau and docent at the Cape River Heritage Museum, […]
3 months ago

Imperfection: It’s in the details

Art Direction and Photos by Aaron Eisenhauer Modeling by Madelyn Kueker Introduction, Art Direction and Styling by Mia Pohlman   Photo shoots often show women looking perfect. But what if they captured moments that were more true-to-life? In this photo shoot, we capture details that happen to all of us. Here’s to embracing the beauty […]
5 months ago

Epic Fails: Sometimes, it just doesn’t work out

We’ve all been there: We do something that’s not as graceful as we might have hoped, or something doesn’t turn out the way we imagined it. It happens to the best of us. Here, seven women offer up their embarrassing moments, in solidarity.   On a nice day, I was practicing my cartwheels. Soon, on […]
5 months ago

A Home is Created: On moving away from my hometown

By Jasmine Jones I spent the first 24 years of my life in Missouri, specifically Southeast Missouri. I’ve never called another place home. As a child, I remember pressing my face against the car window and memorizing every turn we took to get to Grandma’s house, the grocery store, school and mall. I was afraid […]
8 months ago