Vacation Day-1




Today we went to a Veteran’s Day ceremony in San Marcos. The most touching moment was when one of the speakers, who had lost his twin brother in Vietnam while he himself was serving, introduced a real American hero. His father, who was on the third deck below the water line when the ship…

Spring is the season of change. Trees flaunt their fragrant blooms. Red robins return to hatch their young. The exploding color of dormant daffodil bulbs announces the season’s arrival. Recently I was looking through old articles and ran across the story I wrote a year ago about Father Ambrose’s arrival to serve as pastor of…

Nostalgic (adj.) a longing to go back to one’s home, hometown or homeland- a yearning for something far away or long ago. ~~~~~~~~~~ This week the word on our Pinterest “WORD” board is nostalgic. At first I was thinking that I should have picked something more school related since many of us…

One of my favorite subjects in school was history. Probably because it was a series of stories connected together. It wasn’t like doing math where numbers had values of measurement, time or space, it was something I could imagine, that had emotion, adventure and built character. I think history is still exciting. The ability to…

~ The below is an excerpt from my book Empty Nest: Strategies To Help Your Kids Take Flight ~ this is post 2 of a 5 week series. I wasn’t surprised when Nathan expressed interest in enlisting in the Marine Corps; I just wasn’t expecting such a huge announcement to be made at the dinner table….

I am a pretty easy going gal, but there are a few things that tend to rattle me; having a bee in my shirt is at the top of my list. Last Saturday I pulled into the library parking lot and started to unbuckle my seatbelt. In the slight fold of my t-shirt was a…
Marci,
Again the Seithers blaze new paths – while most Minnesotans are headed for Disneyland for summer vacation, your family heads for Minnesota! Since we’ve never been – can’t wait to see more pictures!