It is said that the best things in life aren't things. Of course we know that is true, but oh how we love our things. I believe one of the best things in life are the moments we share with others. That isn't all that profound - you probably already knew that. I do think we [...]
Tag: life
40 days and 40 nights
It all started where so many things start with me these days - in the flotsam and jetsam that mingle together randomly in my premenopausal brain. It is a very dangerous situation for someone like me to even become more fragmented and random - there is virtually no telling what the mixture will create from [...]
March Forth…
On this day - March 4th - I share a message from one of my inspirational fierce girls - Katherine Kraft Tweed. March Forth to the Future – Today Today is the day. This is the only day of the year that is both a verb and a command. Today comes at a time, which [...]
The quintessential survival kit for 2013…
I want to share this evening a 2013 daily survival kit I received in an email from my friend Katherine Tweed (via her friend Val Reed in Saskatchewan). I found it to be just the right reminder as I ready myself for the start of a new semester and all the running around that goes [...]
Art – a commentary on life.
Kaarin Remmich drew my attention to an article in The Forum today that I wanted to share here on my blog. The article is about a play that will be staged at the Fargo V.A. tomorrow at noon and 3 PM. The play, called “ReEntry,” looks at the lives of soldiers both before and after war and [...]
A moment between mothers…
My daughter Sarah was at Target yesterday doing some shopping with baby Lennon (now nearing 10 weeks old). At the checkout lane she was behind a woman who was there with her college age son buying what appeared to be things for his dorm. As Sarah watched the mother and her son she recognized that [...]
Where did you start out from?
I always take a quiet moment when someone refers to me as determined, fierce, outgoing, feisty, strong, daring, or powerful. I take a moment because that is not where I started out from and I am amazed at how far off these references would have been when I was my shy, intimidated-by-life self. I would [...]
THE NEW FORTY 