When my younger son and his high school football team were in the semi-finals of the Class 4-A Iowa state football championship, it crossed my mind that this experience will be among some of my son’s “glory days.” I say some because I hope there will be many more to come for him. Glory days are …
When I was in high school, I sang in chorus, swing choir, musicals, contest, etc. I was also a cheerleader, and our pep rallies, skits and games, were performances in their own right. I think I’ve always needed a creative outlet but it was put on the back burner when the need to get a job and …
Right now the actual temperature is 12 degrees below zero, and it’s 37 degrees below zero with wind chill. All schools in Des Moines, and in much of Iowa, cancelled classes because of the temperature, not snow. My puppy, Kooper, who loves the cold and snow, even knew something was different today, and I had …
My younger son’s high school football team’s season is over now. The team got off to a shaky start with two early losses, a lukewarm offense and several season-ending injuries. But they worked together and won nine games in a row. They lost in the playoff semi-finals – just one game short of the state …
This is a tough time of year for me as far as exercise and controlling my weight. It’s a perfect storm of holiday food and parties, cold weather that makes it hard to exercise outside and winter clothes that make it easy to cover up a few extra pounds. So am I going to …