I want to share an important message with you today - one that I hope you will share liberally with others. The message is about the potential ripple impacts of texting while driving. Please watch this video (http://www.nd.gov/risk/training/driving-ergonomics/texting-while-driving) which is posted on the State of North Dakota's Risk Management Division's website. Show it to your kids...kids, [...]
Tag: death
The reverberations…
I learned Monday that one of my former students who has a special place in my heart had suffered a family tragedy. He lost his father and his mother was critically injured (thankfully her outlook is good). In an instant his family changed forever. I am reminded that we never know how long we have [...]
Her pediatrician…
Cheyenne has had the same pediatrician since birth. It was her pediatrician who discovered when she was just days old that she had a heart murmur that needed attention. It was her pediatrician that spent time with us through the years asking Cheyenne about what she was doing in school, what books she was reading, [...]
Sensemaking…
While I was in Canada I received an email through our NDSU faculty list that delivered the sad news that Dr. David Berryhill had passed away over the previous weekend. I must say, I was shocked. The email offered few details and the only additional information that was readily available was a very basic death announcement in [...]
It’s the end of the world as we know it…and I feel fine.
I am just returning from attending a celebration for a former student who recently graduated from law school. I was happy that the world didn't come grinding to a halt so that I could see and visit with Dan (the recent graduate) and his lovely wife Meghan. God is good like that to me - [...]
My favorite Lion…Lion Lyle Swor.
I was going to give an after action report of my recent trip to Maryland today and update you on the status of my luggage, but when I opened my NDSU email today I received news that preempted all of that. I received the terribly sad news that my favorite Lion, Lion Lyle Swor, passed [...]
No “apparent” injuries…
I was saddened to read the Saturday article online in The Forum about the young woman who died in an early morning car accident that occurred on icy roads. As a transplant to North Dakota and still a relative lightweight when it comes to driving in winter weather, I have a firm appreciation and healthy [...]
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