This winter has been a hard one in our small Northwoods community. Over the past couple of weeks, three friends of ours have been involved in two separate life altering accidents. One friend was involved in a severe snowmobile crash a couple weeks ago and has been in the hospital with multiple injuries including bleeding on the brain. He has thankfully come out of the coma and is awake, but still isn’t able to speak yet. Last night, two more friends were struck by a car while leaving snowmobile races. One is currently in critical condition in an induced coma, and the other is recovering from a broken hip. These are good people with families who love them deeply, and right now those families are facing some very heavy days. If you’re the praying type, or someone who believes in sending good thoughts into the world, I’d be grateful if you kept them and their families in mind today. Sometimes life reminds us how fragile it all is. Hug your people a little tighter tonight.

We all want more traffic… more eyes on what we have to offer. 𝐒𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 🔴 𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 🟢 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭! And everyone in 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 is welcome to play (premium or not). 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬! 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝: Drop one short sentence about your business in the comments. Short. Not an essay! The community will respond with: 🔴 Red Light – Needs more clarity (with note) 🟡 Yellow Light – Getting close (with note) 🟢 Green Light – I’d want to know more 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬: If you give a light, add a quick note explaining why so they can improve their message. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒆𝒕 a 🟢 Green Light, you can 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒌. If you get a 🔴 Red or 🟡 Yellow Light, refine your sentence and reply again so we can see the evolution. ⭐ 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲’𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫: The person who gives the most helpful feedback to others! Let’s see who gets the green light first. 🚦