If I get butterflies before speaking in front of one audience, you should see what happens to my stomach when I think about speaking in front of eight audiences. And two radio programs. And one live morning TV show.
I’m prepping for a return visit to Fargo at the end of April. It started out as one invitation to speak about ... Read More
Have you ever seen one of those funny sentences where all the letters are jumbled and yet you can still read it?
It’s amzanig rlealy hw teh hmuan brian cn d0 tht!
Except when you don’t want it to happen…
I was on Day 3 of handing out kindness tokens when I was talking to my friend, Paul. You might know him as ... Read More
It’s hard for me to know how to pray some days. It’s not that I don’t have anything or anyone to pray for. Lord knows, the list is long.
It’s just that I have a desire to really feel God, to be in His presence. Sometimes the feeling is there. Sometimes it’s not.
I sit down in my special chair each morning ... Read More
My friend who is a teacher showed me a very funny poster. It has pictures of two owls. One owl is looking wise and well-tailored in his round glasses and cap. The other owl looks like a deranged lunatic with a torn shirt and frayed feathers.
The caption on the poster says, “Teachers at the beginning of the school year” and ... Read More
I’m shaking things up a bit this week. Okay, God’s shaking things up. I’m just trying not to get in His way.
I’ve had a dream come true. I belong to a group called COMPEL, an online community that equips people who want to hone their writing. Last September-ish, a piece I wrote about my dad was chosen to ... Read More
How is it that things can look so drastically different based on our ever-changing outlook?
Like the little park bench that’s tucked along a pebble path and surrounded by colorful blossoms. It looks so quaint and inviting, until that becomes the place where your boyfriend chooses to dump you.
Then it looks rusty and worn out and covered in bird poop.
Some things ... Read More
Eighteen years ago I stood on the pitcher’s mound at the old Milwaukee Brewers stadium. I was wearing a headset that was streaming the Beatles into my ears. With my pitch pipe in hand, I got my starting note and waited for the tech guys to turn off the music so I could begin the National Anthem.
Only they forgot to ... Read More
My past week:
Tuesday: Arrive at the hotel in Cleveland and set the kids free in the pool while trying to stomp down the anxiety of beginning another season of March Madness as the wife of a Division 1 basketball coach.
Wednesday: Text the friend I met several years ago in another tournament. Her husband was a coach too. Now he is ... Read More
If I only sat down at my computer when I had something to say, I would never sit down at my computer.
Seriously.
I blog on Monday and Thursday mornings, so sitting down at my computer is kind of essential.
At approximately 6:53AM twice a week, God hears the exact same prayer. God, what do you want me to tell them? I don’t ... Read More
I am about to rat out my fellow columnist. In a good way, of course.
Bob Lind has been writing the Neighbors column in the Fargo Forum since before I was born.
Just kidding.
But he has been writing it for quite a while, right around 20 years in fact.
His words introduce us to the people, places and things that are right under ... Read More
