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This week’s word is a fun one and something all kids love to do! The word is fingir feen-heer’ (verb) which means to feign or to pretend. What kid out there doesn’t like to pretend? Here are a couple of examples:

Growing up my mother would have never served us only macaroni and cheese. When I was in college I ate it a lot as a meal because it was cheap, however once I was older and earning a decent living I rarely served it. It was simply something that I didn’t eat as much because…

With a wealth of communication tools, the Internet has become a near-ubiquitous presence in the personal and work lives of millions of people. Everything from communications with the boss, family, and distant friends to innumerable pages of kittens being cute is accessible with a few clicks of a mouse or taps of the finger.

  Another great quote! It is true that the storm never lasts forever and although we may not like where it leads us it is through the storm that we can understand and see our true strength. I will say that last year was one of the worst years of my life. I felt like…

My home is multi-generational. Not only do the kids and I live there but also my Ma and my uncle. There are some days when there are just too many Indians in the teepee. I am not sure who is always worse either; the kids or the adults.

I will be breve with the word this week. Oh wait that is the word of the week! It is breve breh’-veh (adjective) which of course means brief or short. Now to the examples:

  This week has been full of emotions but I have to give a big old thanks to God!  I have a bill that is past due and  not a lot of payments coming in this month.  However he not only let a payment come in that was three months late he also gave me…