What I would tell my younger self
I couldn’t resist adding my 20/20 to the pool. What I would tell my younger self: 5) Pay attention to the details around you and don’t think that just because you are young today, you will never be afflicted of age tomorrow 4) When you decide that skipping that one day of class, or aerobics, or being a healthy you isn’t going to hurt anything, you couldn’t be more wrong. 3) Go after your dreams, and don’t be dissuaded by small bumps in your path; instead let them propel you to a new...
Read MoreDouble rainbow – snapshots of life & things to be thankful for
What are those snapshot moments that you want to be able to recall for as long as you live? This is a marvelous posting idea! Though I wish we could list so many more than just 5, I realize the benefit of having to choose a “Top 5″ list. So, here are mine. 5) The day I received my graduate degree – I’m the first one ever, on my mother or my father’s side of the family, to receive a master’s degree. Plus, I finished while a single mother with 2 grade-schoolers and 1 pre-schooler,...
Read MoreEnjoying the parade
Since I have no “claim to fame” per se, I will have to blog on my famous person encounter instead, and live vicariously once again through whatever brief excitement it brings to my life. Several years ago (actually, come November, a decade ago) I was working as a political field representative for our Democrat gubernatorial candidate. In a small Midwestern state like South Dakota everyone knows that Democrats don’t have a chance in heck of getting elected to the governor’s mansion, but the...
Read MoreCurious Cat
So no matter what a mother does, ultimately children learn how to make their own way, even if its not the best path.My 18 year old has decided to move out; she’s still in high school. On the surface this seems like not a big deal, however she’s also have several other ‘issues’; moving out was a way of not having to deal with the serious nature of the problems she’s having. So everyone has told me, she’s 18, you are not responsible, liable, or obligated to worry, stress,...
Read MoreMy Icon
I had a wonderful job interview today where they asked me a question I’d never thought of for an interview before: “If you could talk with any one person, living or dead, who would it be and why.” Well this interview was going so well that I didn’t think it was odd, but later I realized just how significant a question like this could be. My answer, as may be obvious, was Abraham Lincoln, though as I told my interviewers, Aristotle was a close second. But the significance of the answer...
Read MoreFalls Park – Sioux Falls, SD
It has been some time since I’ve posted, but I thought I would add something to the posting challenges I live in southeastern South Dakota. I was also born and raised in northeastern South Dakota. Living in the midwest has many advantages (LOTS of wide open space and beautiful sunsets) and disadvantages (culturally insulated). Luckily I lived in both northern and southern Illinois for over 10 years then moved back to South Dakota over 2 years ago, so I’ve had some outside perspective. This photo...
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