I was struggling this week with what to write for my article. I shared my struggle with a couple co-workers that I confide in and asked for their thoughts. During our conversation we discussed a few amazing things that we had seen staff do lately, not because there was something...
I have really enjoyed watching the boys at their trap meets lately. They have such different styles of how they approach the meet. Jake tends to be very thoughtful about how he stands and shoots. He has a tendency to overthink what he is doing because he takes it so...
There is this site on Facebook called “the Dodo”. It shows short videos on rescuing animals. It’s overwhelmingly good. The puppies and kittens, and birds and other animals, are in a place of desperation and people film themselves rescuing them. A lot of times a human puts the animal in...
Today I was privileged to be a part of a very special presentation for two very special nurses. We presented the first Daisy Award and Daisy Leader Award at Iowa Specialty Hospitals & Clinics. Both of these individuals were overwhelmed with this surprise. I hope that you take a minute...
“You need to laugh a little bit”, Jordan* told me. Sigh. I know. I think its intermittent fasting - I’m pretty much close to a coma most of the time, and I’m either in a bad mood or exhausted. I tried on some different pants this morning that used to...
I grew up in Sioux City. Sioux City is at the bend in the Missouri river and for the life of me when I grew up I had no clue on directions … north, south, east, west, I had no clue. The whole town felt very diagonal to me. Now,...
Hopefully everyone had a wonderful Easter weekend and was able to enjoy the sun and warmer temperatures. It is amazing what a few days of sunshine can do to lift our spirits. I know when it is cloudy and rainy, I feel like I am channeling Eeyore and his take...
Recently we took a short trip to a hotel with an indoor water park. Rylan was very excited for this trip as we had told her last summer about the indoor water park with a pirate ship. However, things did not work out for us to take her until recently....
In Des Moines there is this restaurant called St. Kilda. A breakfast choice there is mushroom toast - a big piece of sourdough bread slathered with some sort of cheese spread, then topped with a bunch of sautéed mushrooms and a poached egg. This is the most amazing creation of...
We continue to work on personal responsibility in our house in raising our kids. This past week I had an early meeting and told the kids on my way out of the house they needed to ride the bus. Maleigha called shortly before 8 a.m. to share they had missed...
