Look Up
The first election I ever paid attention to was in 1992. Billy Ray Cyrus was singing about his Achy Breaky Heart and the three political candidates were Bill Clinton, George Bush (Senior), and Ross Perot. I was just shy of 18 years old and a little miffed that the only place I could vote was
Kindness Makes Big Impact on Canadian Neighbor
Have you seen it? Have you seen the video from the marketing agency in Canada asking its citizens to tell America why it’s great? I thought it had to be a sham. My normally trusting nature became skeptical. Then I watched the video. I looked into the eyes of those Canadians, and I thought, “They
Mama Mama Teenage Drama
My daughter woke up to 120 text messages on her phone this morning. One hundred and twenty. We go dark in our house about 9pm, so those 120 messages came in sometime between the hours of 9pm and 7am. Clearly there must have been some great crisis happening overnight in the world of our almost
Looking for Love in Fargo
I’m in need of a little Fargo love and I’m wondering if you can help. I’ve been invited to speak at a women’s event at a church in Fargo. Can we all thank God at this very moment that the event is being held in April instead of the dead of winter? My North Dakota
It’s Not a Cellphone, It’s a Vessel for Kindness
I got my first cellphone on Christmas morning, 2003. I was eight months pregnant, and if my water broke in the middle of Piggly Wiggly, my husband wanted to know about it. I thought I could just go to the customer service desk and ask them to call him, but he wasn’t in favor of
My New Best Friend Drives for Uber
I was staring down the barrel of an hour long ride with a total stranger in downtown Chicago. I needed to get to the airport by 8:30 in the morning to make my flight home. That meant hopping in the car before my morning coffee had kicked in. I requested an Uber on my phone
Focus on the Celebration
The cancer is gone, the reconstruction is over, but there are days that take me right back to the heat of the battle. Yesterday was one of them. Yesterday was a day of pink. And a day of celebration. And a day of friendship. But it was also a day to remember that I lived
