Stolen Moments

Simple, straightforward thoughts on parenting, politics and cultural trends.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Higher Ed Budget Uninspired

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Count me among the many North Dakotans who raised their eyebrows last month when state higher education leaders requested a $250 million f...
Sunday, April 6, 2008

Can We Fix It? Yes We can!

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I’ve been cleaning up a lot of messes lately – the product of little boys more focused on destruction than construction. One recent dis...
Monday, March 24, 2008

The Power of Forgiveness

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The image of Silda Wall Spitzer is something I can’t forget -- a once mighty corporate attorney with a Harvard law degree wilting like a dyi...
Monday, March 10, 2008

Defined by a Word, a Pooh or a Shoe

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When I was in college a friend of mine once declared, “Julie, if you were a shoe you’d be a plain, brown wedge!” Those of us gathered at ...
Monday, February 25, 2008

Patience: Zip It Up, Let it Go

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Proverbs 15:1 “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” We recently acquired a puppy that is so cute his tiny...
Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Lessons in Leadership from Ed Schafer

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Some like to believe that the only way people succeed in this world is by birth right or by reaching the top through unscrupulous manners. I...
Monday, January 28, 2008

Wisdom in Being Bored

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Last weekend we piled our kids and mounds of stuff into our van and drove to the Rocky Mountains . Whenever mentioning a road trip like this...
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Julie Fedorchak
I have a shelf in my bedroom of dusty books like the “Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” and “A Purpose Driven Life” -- all of them barely touched. Supposedly those books are very good, but they are just no match to Sex in the City re-runs at 10 p.m. So I am amazed by people who have well-established five- or 10-year plans. I used to try that, but gave it up when I turned 30 and my “plan” called for being married with three kids. I wasn’t even engaged. I prefer to stick to simple, universal goals. Be a good wife, loving mom, loyal friend, honest worker. This approach offers flexibility whenever I’m faced with life’s numerous crossroads. I have a journalism degree and wrote a weekly column as a student, but for the last 20 years I’ve been writing words almost exclusively for other people to say. My husband and I have three children and I have a communications consulting company that keeps me engaged professionally on a schedule that I can sometimes even control.
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