Take a Look at My Pedigree!

It’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

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Just Do It- Together!

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

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Picture Kindness in Your Life

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

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No Space for Judgment

Life 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

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Sleeping With the Enemy

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.

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Thanksgiving Kindness for Big Momma

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

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Who’s Scamming Who?

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.

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