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"How can you ever be late for
anything in London? They have
a huge clock right in the middle
of town."-- limmy Kimmel, talk
show host
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So, I woke up Monday morn-
ing and two thoughts went
through my head: 1. "What the...
it's Monday already?", and 2.
"What the...it's the middle of
May already?"
The past week was a bit of a
blur but it ended with a flour-
ish, with six performances of
"The Little Mermaid" in three
days by the RTR Drama Depart-
ment. Nell Witte again worked
his magic, deftly assembling
another great production
while sporadically losing cast
members to awards banquets,
sporting events and stuff that
naturally occurs in life.
Kudos also to RTR band direc-
tor Justin Condelli for recruiting
and melding a talented group
of musicians...and me...into an
orchestra.
Hopefully, you had the op-
portunity to see the show, but
buying a ticket for the perfor-
mance doesn't give a person a
full view of the sacrifices that
are made by the participants.
Last week, rehearsals lasted un-
til the wee hours of the morning
every night. I was only charged
with playing bass guitar and
grabbing a few pictures for the
paper, so the latest it got for me
was a little after midnight on
Thursday, and usually before
10:30 on other evenings. Many
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were there until 2 a.m., with a
short breather before getting
up for school or work a few
hours later. Homework? That
happened when they were not
required to be on the stage.
You have to really like what
you are doing to survive that.
My view from the orchestra
pit reaffirmed what I already
knew--these are some excep-
tional young people who are
involved in these productions. It
takes a tremendous amount of
teamwork behind the scenes for
these shows. They all have this
great pride in taking ownership
in the tasks they are assigned
and make what you see from
your comfy theater seat appear
seamlessly easy. Behind the cur-
tains tells another story, and to
pull all that off on the amount of
sleep they got while remaining
respectful to everyone around
them is nothing short of Her-
culean. These are some really
good young people. Strike that...
really good people--young, old
or anything in between.
Factor in the reality that they
had to maneuver around an
excessive amount of bass player
space while moving large set
pieces and...well, they should
each get some kind of medal.
The best part of all for me
is that I will get to spend the
summer working with several of
them and many others just like
them while working on "Beauty
and the Beast." (Get your tickets
reserved nowI July 27-30, Aug.
2-6.)
Although May seems to be
slipping away from me, I am
somewhat comforted by the
fact that after this weekend's
graduation, I get a tiny bit of a
breather before June happens.
I may even be home enough
evenings to infringe a bit on
Kathy's comfort zone...one more
thing around which she'll have
to vacuum. " ....
But now, it's time to get that
graduation thing checked off
first, however. We have to try to
get to several receptions spread
over two states on Saturday.
Wish us luck.
I'm fully looking forward to
being home on Sunday, and
I swear, if I wake up Monday
morning and it is June...
For the first time in I can't
remember how long, I had
the chance to spend Mother's
Day with my mom. Well, I
got to spend the day before
Mother's Day with her, at least.
On Sunday, we were both busy
packing up so we could head
out the door, me to come back
here and she heading to Vegas
to my sister's. Spending the day
with her Saturday reminded me
why I am so blessed to have the
mothers I have.
Momma, Sherry or Sheryl to
others, taught me many of the
same lessons that other moth-
ers teach their kids. I can cook
fairly well, I know how to clean
house, even though I don't use
those skills very often. I can sew
my own clothes, if 1 needed to.
I can grow a vegetable garden
and then preserve the produce.
But these lessons aren't what
have made the biggest impact
in my life. Like her mom before
her, my mom knows the value
of hard work and passed it on
to me. She taught us by example
how to sacrifice for her family
and raise happy, healthy, well
behaved (most of the time) kids.
Most of all, she taught me how
to love by loving me and my
Thoughts along the way
Shelly
Finzen
sisters no matter how badly we
screwed up. And she introduced
me to Christ and taught me
about His love. Yep, I have a
pretty awesome mom. But my
blessings don't stop there.
I said "mothers" earlier,
because when I married Van
almost 22 years ago, I gained
another amazing mother. Mom,
or Nancy to others, is the best
mother-in-law that I could have
asked for. She has many of the
same interests as I do, like fiber
crafts and books. She is talented
in many areas, like flipping
houses, and Morn has become as
much a mom to me as my own
mother. Best of all, she raised
Van, the best-for-me husband
there could ever be. When I took
his name, I was blessed with his
family too. In fact, Morn is to me
what Naomi was to Ruth in the
Bible.
Having such amazing moms
to follow as examples has given
me great kids, too. This Moth-
er's Day, 1 mentioned to Kay
that I really wanted a magnolia
tree for the acreage. Unfortu-
nately, Mother Nature had just
dumped six inches of snow on
us, and Bomgaars didn't have
any more. Kay told her boss that
I wanted one and he found one
for me. My magnolia tree is now
planted in the front yard of our
acreage, right where I will be
able to see it from our bedroom
window.
Having great moms myself
and great kids to boot has
made me the mother I am. A
few weeks ago, when I was
driving Anika somewhere with
the snow still on the ground, I
mentioned that I wished I could
find tiny coats for all the birds,
because they looked cold. I was
only half joking. "Morn" she
said, "you're such a mom." And
Arthur has told me before that
"Mom, you don't have to be ev-
eryone's mom." Well, maybe he's
right, but I'm not convinced. I
kind of like the title of Mother.
Finzen is the news editor of the
Lake Benton Valley Journal
going to try and be sneaky and
throw your garbage where it
Mathison is editor of the
Hendricks Pioneer
for
There are many things in our
lives these days. I actually hear
people tell me that once you are
retired you will be busier than
you were working. We continue
to have more and more things
demanding our time from work
to kids/grandkids sports. In
just fifteen short years the num-
ber of games kids play in almost
every sport has doubled, and
the USA has become the number
one country for vacation days
not used. This means we would
rather work than take a vaca-
tion, and with most weekends
filled with kids sports tourna-
ments, who could possibly take
a vacation anyway[
I find the word "busy" to
be one of the most danger-
ous words in any language. As
soon as a person gets to the
point that they think or start
to say they are busy, they are
trapped in a downward spiral
to a multitude of problems from
relationship issues, physical
health, mental health, and los-
ing themselves. When a person
says they are busy it means they
have disconnected themselves
from reality and have gone into
go mode. Meaning that you are
just getting things done and
moving to the next thing, event,
or task and are stuck on auto
pilot. When this happens you
will find yourself trying to find
peace and some kind of hap-
piness in things that you once
found enjoyable. This could be
things like a cup of coffee, read-
ing, hunting, fishing, a sweet
treat, but as the business con-
tinues to drive you further into
auto pilot all those things start
to lose their ability to bring
some sort of happiness. We
naturally feel that if we just do
more of those things that maybe
it will bring back that joy, and
the sad truth is the more you try
Hungry for Health
By Christopher D.
Determan, D.C.
to supplement the happiness
the less enjoyable those once
very enjoyable things become.
If you are at this point where
you are desperately searching
for some kind of escape from
the business, you are not alone.
You have to slow down and
actually stop to smell the roses.
This means you have to be pres-
ent minded. One has to practice
focusing on the only thing that
is truly real and that is present
state. Business cannot happen
in a minute, business is the state
of mind when you are thinking
of things you have done and all
the things you think you need to
get done. Your mind is busy try-
ing to live in the past and pre-
dict the future. This causes you
to not have enough mind left to
focus on the present. Once you
start to focus on the present,
life itself becomes peaceful and
happy no matter how mahy
things there ife t6 do. 'F6 # On
the present time means your
work will be done right th6 first
time and faster because you
are not distracted by thoughts
of tomorrow. The spouse/kid/
friend that you are talking with
will feel like you truly care
about them because you are not
split minded and thinking about
other things to do. Relation-
ships will grow, and all of life's
little joys will once again warm
your heart like the warmth of a
hug, the actual taste of food, and
smells of new life in the spring.
This is not easy to do at first
but remember that practice
makes perfect. Look for the
red flags that life is being taken
Hungry for Health
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