Stolen Moments

As I drove to pick up my kids from school recently, the temperature at the bank read 84 degrees. I reflected with frustration on the weeks o...

"A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter; he who finds one finds a treasure." Sirach 6:14 One of my oldest pals, Schultzie, is in to...

While thousands of people were reveling at the state fair or 10,000 Lakes Festival last weekend, I was solo-parenting at a very different fe...

It’s summer and that means one thing: family road trips This weekend, we walked across the Mississippi River. Not on a bridge, but directly ...

My five year old was sitting at the table, counting his jar of money for about the 19th time in two days. “Mom, I’m saving my money and you ...

When I was nine, my dad rescued a pile of bricks from a historic building that was being demolished in downtown Fargo. He dumped them on our...

Last week, a colleague entered my office at about 2:30 with a request. He needed 160 copies of a document that didn’t exactly exist by noon ...