I have to give a hearty round of applause to Fargo School District Superintendent Dr. Jeff Schatz who decided to cancel classes through Wednesday at five Fargo elementary schools due to the temperatures in the buildings. He made this decision after he visited a number of the sites on Sunday and confirmed that daytime temperatures [...]
Tag: children
Can you help?
Today I am sharing with you a correspondence that was forwarded to me by my lovely friend Katherine Tweed who aside from being a fabulous person has community service hardwired into her soul. The correspondence comes from Erin Prochnow the Executive Director of YWCA Cass Clay and is a plea for help. I hope that [...]
The gifts we give our children…
I have been thinking a lot lately about the gifts we give our children. Not gifts like game consoles, bikes, and the occasional ugly sweater, but those gifts that come as a function or byproduct of parenting and role modeling. Of course, sometimes they aren't always gifts...sometimes they are handicaps. But the point is, we give [...]
You’re not a perfect mom.
On Lea Grover's blog on the Huffington Post she portrays herself as a writer and toddler-wrangler. What a perfect combination. The world of parenting is rife with material to write about - material that so many folks can identify with - funny stuff, sentimental stuff, infuriating stuff, it is all there in the wonderful world [...]
The legend of Bluebeard…
A year ago my grandson Lennon was born. It was a very joyous event and long in the coming. I waited a long time for his mom and dad to decide they were "ready" for a baby. I was ready years before they were. But I was made to wait...and wait...and wait - until June [...]
The role of a lifetime…
The role of "mother" has been the most important and rewarding undertaking I have experienced in my adult life; albeit, I didn't know at the outset how much is woven into the designation. Even having grown up as the firstborn of a stay-at-home mother and having developed a true appreciation of the ties between mother [...]
And so I linger in the Butterfly Ball photo gallery…
I must confess, even though I had no butterflies at the ball I have looked at Forum photographer Carrie Snyder's Butterfly Ball photo gallery over and over again. There is something about all those daddies with their young daughters that I find settling. The young girls' happiness, the pride evident on the daddies' faces, the [...]
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