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Small Things I’ve always liked this quote by Vincent Van Gogh, “Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.”  This quote reminds me that the small things I do day in and day out matter much more than the one big thing I accomplish once in a while. As a matter…

The Doorway of Our Past We like to say, “What is past is past,” or “That’s water under the bridge.” Yet, I think that, “Sometimes we have to jimmy the doorway of our past to understand our present,” is more apt when talking about days gone by. I get to teach adult swimming lessons. I…

Never too Old to Learn Today, my notable quote comes from my grandma, Bernadette Weber who was born in 1903 and lived to be 95 years old. In those 95 years of her life, I can recall a few notable things she said, but I chose to highlight, “We’re never too old to learn.”  Grandma…

Doing All Things Well I attended a few Catholic schools during my elementary school days. Sacred Heart, in Aberdeen, South Dakota was one of them and Sister George was my fifth grade.  Though I always wondered why she had the masculine name, George, I recently discovered that nuns took on the names of saints. She…