Life's milestones...they start at birth and they keep going right up until you become a grandparent or great grandparent. One of the major and most recognized milestones in a young person's life is graduation. First it is kindergarten graduation filled with grins punctuated with missing teeth. Then it is high school graduation filled with the [...]
Author: Ms. C
Fierce…without retreat.
When I was in Bismarck I had an opportunity, albeit far too brief, to visit with my pal Mary Senger. Mary is Burleigh County's emergency manager. I don't get to see or visit with Mary often enough. She is my roomie at IAEM conferences, but that is only for a handful of days once a [...]
Driving Ms. Daisy
Dave Rogness has the patience of a saint. He allowed me to ride along with him to a meeting in Bismarck today. Actually, he graciously offered to drive not only me but also other members of the InfraGard board. I was the only one who could go ultimately so Dave got about six uninterrupted hours [...]
I have arrived…
My friends, I have arrived. And by "arrive" I don't mean - "I'm here!" or "I'm back!" I mean I have arrived at a much sought after social status. Well, it is about time. I am, after all, in the new forty already and if one wants to "arrive" it technically needs to happen before [...]
I know nothing!
Once upon a time I knew it all- I was a teenager. The older I get the less I know...or perhaps it is not so much that I know less but that I know all the things I don't know. Do you know what I mean? 😉 The confidence in one's knowledge as a teen [...]
Product endorsement
I remember when Olympic swimmer Mark Spitz was on the Wheaties box with all his gold medals...he was the consummate champion and he was on the Wheaties box with his beautiful face and body - yeah, with all his medals as well (as if that was the focal point). Of course, Spitz being on Wheaties [...]
You still need your mother…
This day marks the tenth Mother's Day that I have been without my mother. I no longer go to the Mother's Day card aisle looking for the perfect card. Mostly I just sigh as I pass the aisle and think about how that part of my life is gone now. It is good that there [...]
THE NEW FORTY 