Kindness is like an Easter egg hunt
Every once in a while I want to borrow a small child. I don’t need to keep them, I already have three of my own. I just need a little one for special occasions. Like when I’m at a parade and really want the Tootsie Rolls that come raining down at my feet. Or when
Go old school with your kindness
Every community has its prominent figures, and Aberdeen, S.D., is no different. Don Meyer is a legendary basketball coach in these parts. In fact, there is a marble bust of Don just outside my husband’s door in the Northern State University basketball offices. My husband can see it staring through the window at him. No
Kindness makes us visible
I drank a lot during the first 10 years of my marriage. What started out as a social pastime became a coping mechanism. My husband is a college basketball coach, so I shouldn’t have been surprised, but it seemed like he was always on the road recruiting or competing. That left me at home putting
Kindness isn’t always a grand gesture
My mom has lived in sunny Florida for a half dozen years. In that time, she has taken notice of a small roadside memorial. Have you ever seen those? They always make me pause. The little cross, some plastic flowers, clearly left by someone who grieves the loss of a friend, child or spouse who
Be kind like Bob
I’ve heard of Minnesota Nice and North Dakota Kind, but what about South Dakota? Todd Kurtz, a former South Dakotan, says for him, the name Bob is synonymous with kindness in that great state. “We flew into Pierre last year, and as we exited the plane with the other 10-15 passengers, my wife was rolling
Many thanks to the Nurse Petes of the world
Some things in life are stupid. Like cancer. But even things that shouldn’t exist can provide a gateway for kindness. That’s what Becki, from Aberdeen, S.D., found out when she got the news her cancer was back. “In May of 2019 I had to have a skin graft at Mayo Clinic due to my second
Woman finds kindness in a slushie moment
Sometimes we’re lucky enough to have an act of kindness that sticks with us well past the usual expiration date of our memories. Beth Ferstl, from Sauk City, Wis., has one of those special stories that continues to speak to her when she needs it most. “In the late ’90s, my little brother’s best friend
