When I went to my oldest son’s college orientation one of the speakers shared a story about how she was new to Minnesota and that she’d been told to be sure to lock her car doors in August. Not really understanding the reasoning of said advice, she ignored the warning. One afternoon after work she…
Flashback Fun – Crossing the Border
The other day I had a bit of a flashback to when our kids were younger – like about 20 years younger. We had traveled up to northern Minnesota for a weekend at my husband’s parents. They lived on the Rainy River overlooking, coincidentally enough, a little town called Rainy River in Ontario, Canada. On…
Watching the Stars Come Out
A couple of weeks ago I was kind of in a funk. Nothing seemed really right in my world. Nothing was terribly wrong, mind you, I just was struggling a bit with finding my place and knowing what my next steps should be. I had two meetings that week that I’d practically cried through and…
Back on a Bike
A few weeks ago I went for a bike ride. No big deal, right? Well, no, unless you realize that it’s been way over five years since my last bike ride. In fact, it’s probably more like 12 or 13 years since I last climbed on a bike. But last year I got an itch…
Kids Say the Darndest Things
When I was a kid there was a show on television every afternoon called Art Linkletter’s House Party. It was an afternoon variety show and to be honest I don’t really remember much about it except for the regular segment called “Kids Say the Darndest Things.” Mr. Linkletter would take four kids, put them onstage…