Marriage headlines come and go as often as I grocery shop. Headlines flash of famous people engaged and soon divorced before I even realized they were married. Those that stand strong in committed marriages rarely make headlines. Today is my parent’s 38th wedding anniversary. They make headlines here. Because they are the foundation for what Nathan, my husband, and I…
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Leaning In
Filed Under: Motivated Moms Tagged With: family, motherhood, working mom 3 Comments
Have you read the headlines or even read the new bestselling book of Sheryl Sandberg’s? Sandberg is the chief operating officer of Facebook and has written Lean In: Women, Work And The Will To Lead. When it first hit the shelves I observed many career woman versus stay-at-home moms squaring off in social media on the topics discussed. My sister-in-law, a…
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When God speaks in a small town gymnasium…
Filed Under: Life in North Dakota Tagged With: North Dakota, prairie, prairie life 3 Comments
God speaks sometimes in a small town public school gymnasium, like tonight during our Spring Music Concert on the North Dakota prairie. Our school has approximately 200 students in it, grades K-12, in one building, in our town of 1,000 people. Tonight’s program featured the junior high and high school students. Our son, Hunter is one of six high school…
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Disney Dream Family Vacation
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We are back from our favorite family vacation so far, which included four nights on the Disney Dream cruise ship. Last night I cleared hundreds of photos off my camera. Many more photos to come with stories but for now here are a few memories. Like swimming in the ocean for the first time as a family. Taking Hunter…
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Escaping Winter (in the Spring)
Filed Under: Life in North Dakota Tagged With: family, North Dakota, prairie, wordless Wednesday Leave a Comment
This week has been filled with Hunter winning several awards at the State Science Fair (which Miss E was proud to display and Miss A cried for pictures), our local FFA banquet which Hunter recited the FFA Creed (the girls loved attending with us), the arrival of snow geese back to the prairie and then a surprise spring snow. It’s…
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