Written by Ashley Luke

Abriana Badalamenti, ’27, begins her Thursday night shift at 3:00 p.m. She mixes a quick batch of protein granola bars and places them into the oven. She fills oversized totes with mixing bowls, whisks, flour, butter, and eggs, and hauls the load to her car. After the bars have finished baking, she heads out to pick up her employees from their homes.

Abriana owns…

Written by Ashley Luke

I could already smell the tang of yesterday’s incense filtering through the mammoth doors of the Christ Chapel. Heels echoing against the marble, I walked down the aisle and found a spot in the second pew. Always the second pew. My eyes lifted to the cross at the center of the altar. There is something particularly alluring about the baby pink marble set behind the…