In honor of Dale's 70th birthday today. I wanted to share some of my favorite things about having had this place an integral part of my life. It 100% shaped me in ways that I am so proud of. I did so much growing and learning and stretching
Whether you are a bookkeeper, a baker or a blogger, and assuming your goal is to grace the world with your gifts, consistently become a story worth sharing. Be exceptionally kind and giving without strings, live boldly and bravely outside the norm (most people aren’t brave enough themselves to
So many things I could write about today… The accountant who showed me what my last straw looked like, Leon Thomas; one of the most epic ranch hands I worked with at the ranch, how the Dodge one ton dually became my power animal, after writing about not wanting to
mindfullness
There are 16 years between me and my youngest sibling. When Justy was a wee babe, likely 6 months ish, I remember looking at him and feeling incredibly sad that he would only be 2 when I left home. I helped raise this little human so it felt like I
Our humanness is what we are, our persona is something we sculpt and craft. I often find myself most drawn to the humanness of people - the raw stone before the statue is carved. I live for the moment when I'm visiting with someone and I can see
We come up with answers, advice and suggestions based on our access to information too. Only it’s from information that we have often acquired from our personal knowledge and experience. Those responses, however, are also influenced by our feelings, beliefs, desires, love and so on; which is uniquely human.
Inspiration
Dad used to have this book which was a collection of gun slinging western short stories by Elmore Leonard (“3:10 To Yuma”). In the preface of the book Elmore was reflecting on being an advertising copywriter for Chevrolet in Detroit and desperately wanting to be a western fiction writer,
At age 10 mom was taking me and a few of my friends to the care home in Leader, SK where we would read to the elder residents. In the summertime when school was done for the year we would go visit an elder at their home in our community
A bit of a self-reflection this morning… Measuring sticks are helpful and important. By measuring stick I mean places, people, or experiences that we have historically responded to in a certain way, but after a period of growth or time away, when that person, place or experience is re-introduced to
Truth
Don’t think about hard things when you’re tired. Period. How you feel when you’re tired is not an accurate representation of how capable you are.
We are currently at our family vacation which is a yearly get together with my parents, 7 siblings, their partners and children. Together we are a small rowdy village. Each family takes on a meal over the weekend to make for all 24 of us. We got breakfast tomorrow morning
It’s hard to know what to do when the answer doesn’t present itself with the question. This is likely amplified by our addiction to the instantaneousness that we have come to rely on being online so much. It’s hard to sit with an answer-less question for a