The “Lance Armstrong” of Your Money

Recently Lance Armstrong, the seven time winner of the Tour de France cycling road race, confessed to doping through his career as a cyclist. I admit I have not watched the interview with Oprah Winfrey, I do not follow cycling as a sport and I only know Lance...

Drama From A Cold-Weather Fashionista

Fashionistas have a challenge on their hands in this incredibly polar weather coming straight from our Canadian friends to the north. Hearty Midwesterners know to wear layer upon layer of clothing as the temperature gauge sinks lower and lower. A turtleneck with a...

I Wish I Was Funny…

Sometimes I wish I was funny. Not so much in real life, but in the way that I write and speak. I have listened to others and wished I had the ability to make people laugh. Most of the time my writings come from hard experiences of my life, vulnerable places, places...

That’s Not How It Is

“Everything comes easily for you.” I sat in stunned silence, not knowing how to respond. “Are you kidding me?” was my first thought. Maybe I should start closer to the beginning of the story. I came to Minnesota for college not knowing anyone in the whole state, or...

Inviting God to dinner

When my husband and I were newly married and newly committed to following Christ in a way we had only flirted with in college, we were invited to dinner by Emil and Beulah. Emil and Beulah were in their 70s and, after a lifetime of teaching, Emil was a lay pastor in...