When an event profoundly changes you - affecting your mind, heart and spirit - the story must be told. I hope I can do it justice. It isn’t just a grandma brag thing. It goes much deeper than that. …

Traveling to Easter dinner yesterday, I noticed the huge changes in our world, which led me to reflect on the idea of progress. I’m sure some call it progress, and some will say it is because of my …

Boy howdy, yippee kiyi and HALLELUJAH! We did it. We made it 609 miles one way, 1,218 total traveling miles, and we are both still alive and talking to each other. And that’s not even counting the …

I am not a traveler until I am on the road. Packing is my nemesis. I do try to keep from cursing. I remind myself that I can always buy whatever I forget. But I don’t want to. At least we don’t …

Helping raise my nine siblings, three of my own children, helping with my grandchildren and now my great-grandkids, plus owning a daycare, I can say I have been around children all my life. I …

It is hard to find someone who cleans the way I like to clean. I don’t expect them to do so; it is just much nicer for me. I found that person, Howie, and she is one step ahead of me. We are spring …

Technology is a lifesaver and a pain in the brain, and my brain is sore. Hacking is real, a real headache. There should be a law that is severe enough to put those who get caught hacking in jail …

Someone was talking about sharing one candy bar sliced four ways so each sibling got a piece. I remember ours being sliced to share with all the siblings we had at the time. Sometimes nine slices. …

Someone told me the other day I was a beautiful woman, but oh, that mouth. I tend to agree - sometimes, about the mouth. I genuinely admire people who speak up. People think that when I speak up, I …

I have been asked lately whether I want to round out my change or have my change back. What!? I save my change, and it adds up. Do the people who ask that question know how much it adds up to and how …

I was asked what I remember about my grandparents. Being the second-oldest sibling, I was lucky enough to remember both sets. My younger siblings tell me how they missed out on knowing them. My …

Trees. Why would anyone in North Dakota cut down trees? Especially big, beautiful old cottonwood trees that have stood for years. Do they not know it takes years to grow them, …