Allow me to step back in time just a bit as I lead into this story on kindness.
It was May 2014: After 10 years in Fargo, my husband accepted a job taking us to Ohio. We made the emotional decision to pull our children out of school and transplant them in Athens before the end of the academic year so ... Read More
It’s a touch quieter than normal in our house this year. For the first time in my career as a mom, all three of my children are in elementary school. Jordan is a big kid this year; she’s in sixth grade. Charlie is in fourth grade, and little Ben is in all-day, every-day kindergarten.
In between the time I drop them ... Read MoreI am cancer-free! My husband and I wistfully joke that someday we’ll look back and say, “Remember that summer I had breast cancer?” It’ll be just one more little chapter in the story of our lives.
I’m still going through the process of reconstruction, so I have at least one more surgery in my future, and I’ll have to take an ... Read MoreI love sugar. It may not be healthy, but it’s true. I love sugar almost as much as I love kindness.
Beth Delgado is a businesswoman in Grand Forks who clearly shares my heart. She’s making it her business to make people’s days a little sweeter in a lot of ways.
“Here in Grand Forks I have a quaint little shop called ... Read MoreThere must be something in the water, or maybe back-to-school time brings out the best in people. Whatever the case, I’ve gotten to hear lots of great stories lately that I want to share with you.
Like this one from Sandy:“The most awesome thing happened to me today. I am moved beyond words. I went to Wal-Mart to purchase my classroom ... Read More
I was speaking at an event recently when a woman raised her hand and asked me, “Have you found that kindness truly is contagious?”
What a great question. The answer I gave her was a resounding “Yes!” but I struggled to come up with an immediate specific example. Sometimes kindness comes directly back to us, and sometimes it’s passed on to ... Read More
I had the strangest thing happen to me the other day. Someone totally burst my kindness bubble, and I was left standing in the middle of my bedroom wondering if I should scream, cry or just go back to bed and pretend it never happened.
I was home, recovering from my mastectomy surgery and unable to do anything for myself. Literally, ... Read More
I’ve held the belief for a while now that if you truly want to be happy and feel fulfilled, you have to get your mind off yourself and onto the needs of others.
Constant introspection makes your problems bigger, your pain more acute and your life pretty dismal. When you can get out of your own head and your own little ... Read MoreI had to apologize to my neighbor for being so crabby to her and her grandchildren. We all went to a party at the community center, and I was off. Way off. Nothing was right. I should have been quarantined in a room by myself, but unfortunately, I wasn’t, and no one was safe from my venom.
That was nearly a ... Read MoreI remember Saul talking to the children earlier this month. It was about two weeks before my July 14 mastectomy. Our three kids were acting like kids sometimes act in the middle of summer: squirrely. They were fighting with each other and complaining about what was or wasn’t in the refrigerator and pretending they couldn’t hear me when I asked ... Read More
