It’s No Joke The end of the school year is no joke. Most of us who work with kids can see humor in just about anything, but when Read More »
The Odds of Getting Struck by Lightning Twice Imagine yourself being a father working in the steel industry or a mother in the banking business, raising two toddler sons, 23 months apart in Read More »
Working Below the Surface After months of surgeries, recovery and healing from a hedge trimmer accident in May that severely injured one of my fingers, I finally find myself Read More »
Pushing the Restart Factory Button 2.0 My last blog post on May 5 entitled, Pushing the Factory Restart Button, was my public confession to struggling with the transition from a pandemic Read More »
Pushing the Restart Factory Button Recently, a friend of mine accidently launched the “factory restart” mechanism on her phone. I’m sure you’re wondering as I did, “How is an accidental Read More »
The Teacher’s Pet I recently received word that Mrs. Steensnes, my 1st-4th grade teacher, passed away at the age of 101. Her death has caused me to reflect Read More »
What’s Your Story “So, what’s your story?” All of us tell stories about ourselves. When we want someone to know us, we share stories of our childhood, our Read More »
It’s One Thing to Earn It. It’s Another to Keep It. One of the questions I asked my children often as they were growing up was, “What word do you want other people to use to Read More »
The Tradition of Lefse and Krumkake Traditions have always been important in our family. My husband was very proud of his Norwegian heritage and he found great joy and pride in Read More »
The Year of The Most There really is nothing magical about the flip of the calendar to a new year. Yet, midnight on New Year’s Eve is a unique kind Read More »