Things appear to be looking up for Oprah and Gayle. I daresay we are moving from the misadventure to the adventure portion of our trip (cross your fingers, knock on wood, throw salt over your shoulder, etc.). I am happy it is coming in time to allow us at least some time with Noah Jr. [...]
Tag: happiness
A joyous cry…
Barbara Wang made me cry and rejoice the other day. The tears weren't bad ones - they weren't even big ones. They were the kind of tears that well up in your eyes when your heart smiles so big that it leaks out of your eyes. It was more than a happy cry - it was [...]
Closer to God’s heart…
If I was ever in a situation where I had to decide what to do with the last days, weeks or months of my life, I know exactly what I would do. I think there are lots of folks who have bucket lists with trips or things they have never tried, but want to (like [...]
There’s a new social butterfly in town…
I fully recognized something today...I realized that I am now one of those "older" people who find unending delight in having conversations with children. It's been coming for awhile. I can recall the first steps down this road. They came after Cheyenne started school. At first is was just babies and toddlers that I was drawn [...]
Splashes of happy color…
I have been in Emmitsburg, Maryland at the Emergency Management Institute since Sunday evening. I have been here teaching a class for FEMA with my ever-pleasant colleague David McEntire from the University of North Texas. The class was only a two day class so I'll be headed home bright and early tomorrow morning. That means [...]
Congratulations Nadine!
I had to laugh when my friend Amy sent me the story about Fargo's Nadine Schweigert's vow to herself. Amy picked up the story on Yahoo!, but I caught the original story on InForum (written by Tammy Swift). Nadine Schweigert's marriage to hersef represented her public acknowledgement that "she has learned to love and accept [...]
A caterpillar spotting…
I have to once again give props (a.k.a. my proper respect) to the folks who live at the house on the corner of 11th Avenue and Sheyenne Street in West Fargo. The last time I wrote about them it was in regard to their joyous snowman. Today as I was driving home I noted a [...]
THE NEW FORTY 