Today, on the occasion of yet another graduation ceremony, I share a post I wrote on day three hundred and fourteen of the new forty. Another group of my darling nestlings will fly away again today. It keeps happening - as it should - but still, I never quite settle in with it. So today [...]
Author: Ms. C
Age is relative…
Age is relative. This I know. And yet, no matter how many times this is reiterated in my life, there are some days that it sneaks up on me and gives me a good giggle. Such was the case the other day in a conversation with one of my female students who is all of [...]
The second youth…
I am somewhat beginning to embrace my age, but note that quite a bit of the emphasis is placed on the "somewhat". I think this is a good thing as I approach my official entry into senior citizen menu viability, lest I have an unseemly meltdown at a Denny's somewhere when it hits me all [...]
You just get what’s coming to you.
I believe what goes around comes around. Yes, I believe in karma. I have seen karma settle a score many a time. Some of those times have been in regard to folks in my life. It used to amaze me when things would come back around so poetically. I thought it was a freaky coincidence. [...]
End of semester amnesia…
The end of the semester is always a hectic time. Students are frantically completing end of the semester projects and readying themselves for tests; faculty are preparing themselves for end of the semester grading and student questions about missing grades; and, staff are trying to tolerate increasingly stressed students and faculty. The semesters always start [...]
Money to burn…stupidity to reiterate.
A federal judge blocked the ridiculous law that North Dakota legislators passed last session that sought to create the strictest abortion limitations in the nation. The North Dakota legislators knew the legislation would face a constitutional challenge, so they created a $400,000 defense fund. To-date, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem's office has expended $155,000 defending the [...]
The power of “mom”…
One of the most powerful words on the planet is "mom" in all its variations - mommy, mother, mama, etc. - and in all the languages that exist. It carries with it a multilayer meaning that goes from biological basics to idealized characteristics. It carries with it expectations of unconditional love, nurturing, and guidance; [...]
THE NEW FORTY 