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April Jeppson: Take time with your children while young
My daughter turns 10 this weekend. As my youngest, I’m having a sad realization that my babies are ...
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April Jeppson: Vote every day about place you want to live
“Everybody can be great ... because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to ...
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April Jeppson: Thankful for movement and act of walking
I ate the gravy. I also had a slice or three of dessert and frankly anything else that ...
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April Jeppson: It’s good to be surrounded by amazing people
As I look over some of my articles from the last year or so, there appears to be ...
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April Jeppson: The Windy City and catching up with a friend
I’m writing to you from Chicago. When they refer to it as “the Windy City,” they are 100%, ...
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April Jeppson: Give it a second try; you just might like it
My co-worker brought in a yummy cake to share with everyone. She said it was apple something, and ...
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April Jeppson: Stop beating yourself up for past actions
I’ve worked customer-facing jobs my entire life. I am familiar with the mostly pleasurable experience that comes from ...
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Live United: Every story makes a big difference in the community
The walnuts are gone from my driveway. I’ve been watching those squirrels and even a chipmunk or two ...
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April Jeppson: A deep thought about life for the day
Once there was a wise man. Every day he would sit outside a gas station in his rocking ...
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April Jeppson: Are you familiar with time-blindness?
I’ve put in some long hours this week. Partly to catch up from my time away while in ...
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April Jeppson: Refilled and refreshed with conference
As I type this, I’m at a work conference in La Crosse, Wisconsin. I’ve only been to this ...
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April Jeppson: Always take time to nurture your inner child
I usually skim through my previous week's article to see where I "left off." As I was reading ...
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April Jeppson: Feel the weight lifted with a little painting
Well folks, I did it. I took the day off. I’m always thinking and even talking about how ...
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April Jeppson: It was like visiting a village from a game
Last weekend my family went to the Renaissance Festival. I haven’t been to the one in Shakopee for ...
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April Jeppson: Set yourself up for success with new goals
I set up the standing desk and bought some good quality honey. Only a few hours into using ...
