Today I am headed to Bismarck with Mike to watch his daughter Erin's prom grand march. It has been a number of years since I have attended a grand march. My last one was with Cory who is now 24. I recall Cory's prom experience as being relatively painless for me. Boys are easier when [...]
Five hours…
One can learn a lot in five hours. A lot about oneself, life, and the universe. Today I went with the 7th graders from STEM on their outing to help serve the community. You may recall me writing about this last week. I promised to report on whether Cheyenne chose to mitigate or distance - she [...]
Prayer circle needed…
Our family dog Cooper loves the sound of his own bark. For the most part, he is the only one. Cooper will bark at anything and anyone with his big, deep alpha male bark...incessantly - I should add that...he will bark incessantly until everyone within earshot wants to kill him. We have had Cooper for [...]
Vigilante lecturer…
I have been forced to travel the interstate to work since the advent of road construction season in West Fargo. I am not a fan of the ins-and-outs of closed lanes and detours - my theory is that there are more fender benders in these areas. The risk manager in me seeks to avoid such things - so the [...]
Fish will walk.
My faith in the sensibilities of regular folks is reaffirmed. The reaffirmation came by way of Ohio high school senior, Austin Fisher. Austin was told by his school district recently that he would not be allowed to participate in his graduation ceremony because he had been absent two days too many. The decision was based on [...]
Big choice: mitigate or distance?
I received an informational email today from one of Cheyenne's teachers about a service project out in the community that STEM's seventh graders were going to participate in at the end of the week. The email encouraged parents who would like to participate to let the seventh grade team know. Well, Cheyenne wasn't home when I [...]
My fountain of youth…
The school year is winding down - which means that everything reaches a fever pitch. The end of a semester never arrives peacefully and the end of each spring semester seems to carry the most excitement of all as students and faculty daydream about the long, lazy days of summer. Yet there is still so much to [...]
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