Together with her husband Tom Kenny, a television anchor with the local ABC affiliate, they have two children, a 19-year-old son in his first year at Centre College and a 13-year-old daughter.Nancy’s family finds laughter and joy in just about anything they do together, including taking their Siberian Husky, Dakota, to the dog park. “Tom and I refused to get a dog until two years ago,” Nancy said. “Our daughter put together a well-prepared argument, complete with handouts and PowerPoint. How could we say no to that? Our daughter found ‘Dakota’ at a wonderful rescue in Mercer County called Hopper’s Halfway Home.” A typical day for Nancy starts at 6:30 a.m. to get her daughter off to school. Unless she’s too exhausted, she takes Dakota for a walk, which she explains is her favorite time of the day. “We have a beautiful park very close to our house. While Dakota practically runs between stops to sniff every weed along the way, I listen to music, reflect on my blessings and pray. This time refreshes and energizes me for the day ahead. I’ve been promising myself every Sunday that I would get back to the ‘Y’ on Monday. I haven’t made it yet, but I rationalize that the walk with the dog has some physical as well as spiritual value.” At 1 p.m., when either the nap or the errands are finished, Nancy gets ready for work and starts her day at WLEX around 2:30 p.m. Her afternoon quickly fills with working on future projects, discussions about upcoming events, makeup, coffee, and then she’s on the set for the 5 p.m., 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. newscasts. “I leave the station at 6:45 p.m. to either pick up my daughter at dance and make a quick dinner or on a night without dance, I go home and cook,” she said. “We discuss what every other family does at night: homework, dance, band, fundraisers, friends at school, tomorrow’s schedule… the difference is, our second sitter of the day arrives, so mom and dad can go back to work to prepare for the 11 p.m. news.” On most nights, Nancy is home by midnight, but she finds it hard to go from broadcasting to the masses to falling asleep. She uses this time to go through the mail, pet the dog, read a magazine or watch TV. So how does Nancy balance work, social, health and family obligations? Nancy has found that the biggest lie told to young women is that they can balance all of those things.
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