I love wildlife and live in southern Minnesota in the heart of the Minnesota River Valley where my daily visitors are about 50 different types of birds, deer, coyotes, foxes and even the occasional wolf. One of my greatest joys is keeping the many bird and deer feeders in my yard teeming with goodies so that I can sip my…
Last week I cleaned my mother’s closet. She needed space. For her shoes. For her clothes. For her walker to go in front of her as she prepares to leave the rehab facility where she has been recovering from back surgery. So out went the boxes of paperwork she had collected over the years and which had taken up residence…
You’re hurting too. This was the picture (or something that looked quite like this picture) that you imagined the day you first held your child. You had so many images in your mind: your child’s first steps, the first day at school, the first crush and date, prom, falling in love, getting engaged and the best dream of all: dancing…
