One of the best things about having three kids in elementary school is that I get to spend a lot of time as a fly on the wall. Some people call it “volunteering,” but I call it “pretending to work while I’m secretly spying on my children.”
I got to be part of a very special event at the school recently. ... Read More
A woman I know just had hip replacement surgery and it’s really getting her down. She is healthy and sassy and spry and assumed she’d be in a bit of pain, but also assumed she’d be back to her old routine in no time. And she will be, but right now it doesn’t feel that way. Right now, she’s in ... Read More
Jeremiah Solhjem has had a big life of building tall towers and defeating shifty robbers thanks to his vivid imagination and the 9-year-old’s love of Legos. I’m sure he’s playing right now as I write this, but we can no longer see him.
This past September, Jeremiah was working alongside his dad to raise some extra money to buy more Legos ... Read MoreIt’s been a long time since I’ve heard the word, “Pedigree.” I think that’s a dog food, right? So it should never be used to describe me or my family. Right? Wrong. I’ll get to my personal pedigree in a moment, but first…
When I was a little girl, my dad would breed dogs. Since Golden Retrievers can pass down hereditary ... Read More
Have you ever opened your eyes on a Monday morning and thought, “Nah, I’m just gonna skip today.”? There’s nothing wrong with today, it just feels like it might take a lot of effort. Maybe I’ll have more energy to do Monday on Tuesday this week.
Like this blog. It’s 7am and I really have nothing to say. But I am ... Read More
My days seem to fly past so quickly that by the time I lay my head down at night I can’t remember what I had for breakfast that morning. Pretty scary since I always eat the same thing for breakfast.
Maybe life feels like that for you, too, right now. Maybe that’s just what life is supposed to feel like in ... Read MoreLife sure is messy, isn’t it? We hurt ourselves, we hurt each other… sometimes intentionally, sometimes not. Have you ever noticed there seem to be two camps of thought when it comes to sin?
Either you mosey on over to stand with the group who shrugs and defensively argues: “Everybody else is doing it” and “You should see what that person ... Read More
There are things I say to myself that I would never say to another human being.
You want to write a book? Please. You’ll never come up with 60,000 words worth reading.
You’re going to the gym? Why bother? You’ll just come home and stuff your face with junk. You know you have no willpower.
Kindness lady? Ha. If people could only ... Read More
Big Momma told me to write this. And what Big Momma says, goes.
Big Momma has a real name, it’s Barb Wohlwend. I think she got her nickname from her daughter, Amanda Lea, who is a Fargo-Moorhead radio personality on BIG 98.7. Much like her momma, Amanda’s personality is larger than life. If you walk into a room and don’t find ... Read More
I may or may not have been scammed, and I may or may not care.
I was walking into the Dollar Tree the other day to help Santa with a little pre-Christmas elf work. Planted on the puddle-filled sidewalk about three feet from the door were two men who had set up a small stand. Sitting on their square folding table ... Read More
