Toting a sewing machine and a satchel full of fleece, Kathy Meyer sets up shop in an elementary school lunchroom. Soon, she is surrounded by eager little customers, anxious for her attention. She isn't selling anything but joy, doesn't charge a thing except a little bit of time and, when she's finished, everybody walks away [...]
It seemed just about right when our friend John Jorgensen texted a few nights ago to note with amusement that he and my mom, Grandma Peggy, were both pictured in the current edition of the Compass, the Green Bay Diocese Newspaper. My mom and John have been sharing spaces for well over three decades. She [...]
Yesterday, just moments after our daughter in-law Danni took a picture of the beautiful, snowy landscape surrounding their new home, a tree came crashing down beside her. Neither she nor the house sustained any damage, but, still, a big tree lay there, sprawled out across their lawn. Fortunately, they live in Maiden Rock, Wisconsin, just [...]
The storms that converged on Wisconsin had been brewing all day. Weird cloud formations stretched ominously across a sky that sagged with hot, sticky moisture. So, no one was surprised when the alarms on our cellphones started pinging urgent warnings of impending weather. Then, the win whipped up and we all watched trees bending low [...]
Can I tell you a story about the pure goodness of humanity? About how kindness can move as swiftly as breath from a word through a heart to a talented hand? Can I tell you the story of Jeff, who read about a little boy’s limping tricycle and showed up just a few hours later [...]