by Beth Lueders | Apr 15, 2021 | Blog Post, Perspective
Roses and thorns are the beauty and the barbs. The two are inseparable like peanut butter and jelly and salt and pepper. I am a rose fan but not a thorn fan. Who is a thorn fan, really? One of my long-held traditions is watching the Tournament of Roses Parade every...
by Beth Lueders | Feb 4, 2021 | Blog Post, Perspective
I am fighting the February Funk. It’s the opposite of “I did it” excitement. Well, that’s what I am calling this mid-winter, ho hum slump. I’m beyond tired of COVID-19, that wily virus that just won’t bow at gracefully. Last year’s lockdowns and...
by Beth Lueders | Dec 31, 2020 | Blog Post, Perspective
Here’s to getting traction in the new year. We all know how 2020 left us slip sliding every which way as we navigated new territory of the virulent COVID-19, empty grocery store shelves, toilet paper shortages, work from home, and on and on. We Made It Through...
by Beth Lueders | Nov 24, 2020 | Blog Post, Perspective
Sometimes when we least expect it, unexpected blessings drop in our lap. I’ve got a Thanksgiving story that explains. Years ago around Thanksgiving, my dad decided to hunt for a wild turkey on our family’s 160 acres in southeast Nebraska. Now these birds were wily and...
by Beth Lueders | May 28, 2020 | Blog Post, Perspective
Walter knows how to focus on a better tomorrow. He doesn’t mince words. Never did really. Especially not at the mention of the Nazis. In August 1944, these German henchmen herded Walter’s family along with nearly one hundred fifty other Polish Jews into a...
