Archive for July 9th, 2007

Family Manager Grows

The Dallas Morning News:
For 19 years, Kathy Peel has made it her mission to add standard operating procedures to the business of running a home.
“Moms need help,” says the 56-year-old founder and chief executive of Dallas-based Family Manager Inc. “Nobody stands at the altar and says: ‘I do, and I will create a chaotic [...]
Mom Makes Greeting Cards Inspired By Struggle Against Disease

The Dallas Morning News:
Sitting in her Plano living room, Emily Nitz Woods speaks slowly and deliberately about her long road and how it led her into the greeting and inspirational card business.
Ms. Woods has survived a risky stem-cell transplant to combat scleroderma, a chronic autoimmune disease that hardens the skin. It can be life-threatening if [...]
Daughter Inspires Mom To Design Items For The Disabled

jg-tc online:
“We’re GIB,” said Connie Lewis of rural Greenup, while she flashes her daughter a thumbs-up sign.
Lewis and daughter Meredith are GIB, or Girls in Business, with their company Designs By Inspiration.
Meredith was her mom’s inspiration for the company, which designs and sells items that make life easier for people with handicaps.
“We’re partners,” Lewis tells [...]