It is said that Queen Marie Antoinette would disguise herself as a commoner and go from party to party in the villages to learn how the people truly lived. However, she was never able to get away with her disguise, they always figured out who she was. Do you know why? Because she “walked like […]
Recently I watched the 25th anniversary (aired in 2010 on PBS) of Les Miserable in concert. This musical is truly one of our family’s most treasured experiences after seeing the Broadway production. We loved the music, the message, the performance! As I immersed myself again in the power of the music and the story, there […]
One Christmas years ago, I gave my father a book for called, Tell Me Your Memories Grandpa. There was a page for each day of the year with a question that he was to answer which then painted a picture of his life. He faithfully put it by his breakfast table and wrote an answer to the […]
There is a YouTube video that shows a mama bear and her cub trying to make it up a steep snowy mountain. The mama quite easily makes it to the top, but the baby following her almost gets there…and then slips down, down, down. It immediately tries again, only to get close and then slips, […]
This week I received a warm note from Pastor Schneider, former pastor here at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church and School. He was so affirming to me by his sadness at the announcement of my retirement, just as so many of you have been by your kind words…I do not know how to thank you all! […]
The year before my dad died, out of the blue, he would often say to us, “Have you ever heard this one? ‘The time has come,’ the Walrus said, ‘To talk of many things: Of shoes – and ships – and sealing-wax – Of cabbages — and kings —’” As a family, we really did not know […]
For as long as I can remember, my dad would say periodically, “Do you know what I was thinking about this morning?” I knew exactly where he was when he was “thinking.” He was in bed, laying there, pondering the thoughts of life before he would get up and tend to the needs of the […]
My story begins at the 2009 ELCA Youth Gathering in New Orleans. I was just starting high school at the time and was trying to both decide what I wanted to do with my life and where I wanted to go to college. I wasn’t quite sure what I wanted to major in but I […]
When in a group of people, there are two questions that I love to pose to anyone willing to venture into a discussion. One of the questions is, “What book are you reading right now?” This question can lead to a lively discussion about topical information, fiction or non-fiction. However, the other question I love […]
I ran into a former pastor of St. Paul’s, George Hanusa, at Wartburg’s Homecoming last weekend. We talked right away of the lasting gift he gave me the first year I was principal here. He and his wife, Janet, had come into the school after visiting the church. He told me the story of Mrs. […]
