It’s the first day of the NFL season, I’m in Green Bay for the Bears’ opener, and I am thinking of my dad. It is nearly 80 degrees today, which would have made him very happy. I can’t remember ever going to a Bears game with my father when it was warmer than 34.  And…
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For homework in my Visual Storytelling class this weekend, I had to shoot and edit a 30-second video sequence. Took me, oh, about 15 hours. I know my husband Rick is reading this right now and going, “Uh, excuse me, it took you 15 hours?” OK, so he helped. But I should point out that…
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I’d like to go on record as saying I love the Duggar’s. I don’t think it will surprise anyone who has ever met me or read me that I have, on more than one occasion, tuned into their documentary TV series, “18 Kids and Counting” and like it. And every time they have a new…
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If I didn’t think I would lose all credibility as a responsible parent, I might have rousted my children from their beds last night and asked them to help me with my homework. As it was, I seriously considered it. I am a student again. For three days now, 12 hours in all, and I can…
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I had to look up her picture in our high school yearbook. I remembered her name but had to remind myself what she looked like. I don’t think we were ever in the same classes, though maybe in grade school. Not that I wasn’t happy to hear from her. Since my 30th high school reunion,…
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