Kindergarten kindness goes round and round
When my son was in kindergarten, his teacher allowed me to sneak into the classroom once a week to talk about kindness with the kids. It was the most difficult and delightful experience I’ve ever had. Any discussion about a kind character in a book usually spiraled into a goldfish dying or a loose tooth.
Kindness makes the ordinary extraordinary
Isn’t it fun when we’re just going about life as usual and kindness steps in to make the day special? That happened recently to a woman in Wisconsin who shared this story with me. “It was a regular grocery shopping Tuesday. Alaina, our 5-year-old, was taking a break from virtual kindergarten and tagging along. “As
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
