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 [...]
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Oh, how I love this story!
Today I share a great little Associated Press story out of Brainerd, Minnesota. Oh, how I love this story! On the surface, this is the story of Rin Heise's prom dress, but in-between the lines is a beautiful message of honoring meaning that is wrapped in the moment. Tonight as Rin participates in Brainerd High [...]
Set free to soar…
Well, tomorrow is graduation day at NDSU. 13 of our emergency management majors are graduating as well as a number of our minors. My emotions each graduation are a mix of happiness for the graduates and melancholy that I will likely not see them again for a long time. But as I often say, my little birds, [...]
Milestones…
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 [...]
There is no one alive who is youer than you.
I know I am not "normal". I have known that for quite some time now. I spent years trying to be "normal" - years trying to fit in with the other "normal" people. Somewhere in adulthood I gave up on that though...over time it just seemed less important to be "normal" and more important to [...]
A wish for the brightest of futures wherever you may go…
Graduation time at NDSU is bittersweet. Even as I am happy to see students reach their goal, I am reminded that my days of seeing them two or three times a week during the academic year are over. And yes, I will miss them...a lot. We become a fairly close-knit group in our program...especially the [...]
THE NEW FORTY 