Let’s go crazy today
Early in our marriage, my husband and I spent a lot of time together in the car. We’d go to the grocery store or out for dinner, Saul driving and me second guessing his every move from the passenger’s seat. He always wanted to drive, which drove me nuts, because he likes to meander and
Dog and boy form special bond thanks to trainer’s kindness
Danette Jensen lives in Goodridge, Minn., about 70 miles from the Canadian border. She and her husband run DJ’s K9 Country, a boarding facility with more than 20 kennels and a large training room. I guess you could say Danette is dog crazy. She is certainly an expert in the field. She has a radio
The Kindness Podcast Episode 29: Susan G. Komen
It was three years ago this May that I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I went in for a routine checkup on my 40th birthday and left with a calendar full of followup appointments in hopes of pinning down an exact diagnosis. That day sent our entire family and our circle of friends into a
Your Fence is Broken
When we moved into our house four years ago, we hired a company to install an underground invisible fence in our yard. We wanted to keep our beloved GoldenDoodle, Dakota, safe from cars on the road and we wanted to keep our neighbors’ yards safe from Doodle doody. We put a special collar on Dakota
Many people benefit when we strive to become our best
I have yet to meet someone who says, “Nope. I’m not a kind person and I have no intention of changing.” We might agree that we have a little work to be done in the kindness area, but generally people seem to think they are doing a pretty good job of treating others well. In
The Kindness Podcast Episode 28: The Kindness Rocks Project
Megan Murphy lives with open hands. Instead of clenching her fingers around her stuff, her ideas, her time, she greets people palms up, freely giving what she can to help another along the path of life. Isn’t that a beautiful way of living? Certainly there are rocks along Megan’s path, but most of them are
What do you do with your What ifs?
I was getting out of the shower the other morning when a sharp little pain shot through my right breast. For anyone keeping track, my right breast is the healthy one. It’s the left breast that was removed three years ago after a cancer diagnosis. The towel caught my skin wrong and I flinched. My
