I am somewhat beginning to embrace my age, but note that quite a bit of the emphasis is placed on the "somewhat". I think this is a good thing as I approach my official entry into senior citizen menu viability, lest I have an unseemly meltdown at a Denny's somewhere when it hits me all [...]
Tag: Youth
Tomorrow, go purple.
Color matters in the lives of human beings. Color affects our moods. We surround ourselves with colors that make us feel certain ways - calm, happy, energized, peaceful. We identify colors that we think look the best on us - to best accentuate our eyes or our skin color, or to deemphasize body parts (black remains my [...]
Muskrats and showers…
There is a great A.P. story today about an entrepreneurial teen named Evan Jensen in The Forum. Evan, who is all of 18 and just graduated from high school in May, conceived, started, has been running, and is now ready to sell his first business. The business, a mobile shower facility called Better Showers, is located in [...]
Old age comes at an inconvenient time.
I saw a t-shirt in a catalog that said, "Old age comes at an inconvenient time." Hmmm....not sure about that. It is true that just about the time you really start to understand yourself and life you get slower and creakier (and yes, I did make up that word - but that is okay as everyone [...]
The notion of endless possibilities…
Today when I was driving home from dropping Cheyenne off at school a Beach Boy's song came on the radio. The Beach Boys coupled with my open sun roof, the sunshine and the fresh air took me right back to the seventies and memories of high school. I could feel the same type of anticipation [...]
Sometimes you just have to take the leap…
Noah and I spent the morning with Sara Lepp, Melissa Walter, Marc Khatchadourian and all our other West Fargo Teen Cert family. Today was West Fargo High School’s 2nd Teen CERT exercise and graduation. I must say, the WFHS Teen CERT kids did a great job! It was fabulous to watch the kids build their [...]
Define “old”…
Age is relative. I can remember at various ages in my life relating to others as being so much older. When Cheyenne was nine she talked about a twelve year old she knows as if she were a seasoned woman of the world. On the other end, she referred to the kindergarten and first grade [...]
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