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, …
He got a phone call from his grandson. “Grandpa, do you want to help move cows by horseback?” He didn’t hesitate. “Yes, of course,” he told Taylen. Gavin was going, too. …
I’m going to be a grandma and do the brag thing. I don’t pray for my grandsons to win at whatever rodeo they enter. As I have said before, I also pray for honest judges. Both of the …
Luke, my al most three-year-old great-grandson, and I went on a road trip to see Grandpa Val and honk the horn in the road grader. He was so excited that he talked about grandpa all the way. We …
The annual rummage sales in the Badlands are over for another year. I put some stuff in my daughter’s sale and worked it for a while. The fun part for me is visiting with people I seldom get to …
North Dakota finally caught up with Mon tana on the speed limit. We can now go 80 mph on the Interstate. My lead foot loves it. Val not so much. I can count fence posts when he drives or take a nap. …
The new business in Beach, ND, began after the owner listened to a sermon given by a local pastor. Father said we don’t gather and communi cate anymore and we need to bring that back into our …
This grandma’s heart is back where it belongs. Yesterday, Gavin’s bronc tried to jump the arena fence with him on it. Then the horse fell backwards on top of him, and when Gavin got …
Folding a fitted sheet is so much fun, NOT. Folding them with your husband is less fun. Just because we’ve been married 58 years does not mean we work well together. We can both be per …
