Archive for August, 2011
Family matters
This month two of my relatives have passed away. And their deaths have me thinking…
I don’t like missing family gatherings – funerals, weddings, dinners, what-have-you.
And questioning…
Should I move closer to home? What am I missing by being 2,000 miles away? Could I bring the family closer together?
And when I say home, I don’t mean back to Wisconsin (which is where my husband and pups are currently residing). I’m talking about moving back to east-central Minnesota, where I grew up and where Brian and I first met. (And of course, I mean moving myself, Brian and the pups to east-central Minnesota.)
Don’t get me wrong, I’m LOVING my time in Arizona! And I’ve enjoyed my time in Wisconsin! It’s just that there’s this part of me that wants to connect the entire extended family and bring it back to how it was (and then some!) when I was growing up. Huge family holidays, hanging out with the cousins, and listening to stories from “when I was young…”. Doing day-to-day activities with the fam. I think that would be amazing. A-MAZ-ING.
In a lot of ways it feels like I don’t even KNOW my own family! Case and point – I didn’t know that my paternal grandmother was one of ten siblings or that my great-grandfather was the town’s blacksmith, until I read so in her brother’s (my great uncle’s) obituary. Really. I can do better!
Strike that.
I will do better!
Eliza and Bill, I will do better. Every day, I’ll do something to remember, honor, connect, and enhance our family and our legacy. You have my word.
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Eliza (Aloisia) Glowacki Perala
March 16, 1913 – August 10, 2011
Eliza (Aloisia) Glowacki Perala, 98, a longtime resident of the Orr/Pelican Lake area, died Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011 in Ranier Roose Care Facility.
She was born March 16, 1913, in Duluth, to Peter and Joanna (Bojczuk) Glowacki. She spent her childhood in Duluth, Gheen and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. She married Uno Perala Feb. 14, 1933, in Duluth, and lived in the Orr/Pelican Lake area until she moved to a long-term care facility in Ranier. She operated the Deer Lodge Resort for 35 years. She was a master gardener and had her last big garden when she was 91. She loved picking berries and all types of gathering.
Being a very tenacious woman, she learned to drive after the death of her husband and received her first license when she was 80. Long before it was fashionable, she was an advocate of healthy eating and living.
She was preceded in death by her father, Peter; mother, Joanne, in 1918 of influenza; stepmother, Frances; husband, Uno; brothers Joe Glowacki, Tony, John, Peter, Isador and Victor Glowacki; sisters Mary Manninen, Johanna Hill and Julia Arezzo; son-in-law Jim Howard; and great-grandson Adam Watkins-Larson.
Eliza is survived by her son, Kenneth (Katherine) Perala; daughters Joanne (Ronald) Larson, Beverly Howard and Ida Culhane; brother Donald Glowacki; sister Rose (Vernon) Osterhues; 12 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
Memorial Service: 11 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 13, in the Holy Cross Catholic Church in Orr, Minnesota.
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William Wayne Sandberg
November 4, 1928 – August 25, 2011
William “Bill” Sandberg of Rush City, MN passed away Thursday, August 25, 2011 at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Minneapolis at the age of 82.
Bill was born November 4, 1928 to William and Olga Marie (Bloom) Sandberg in Rush City. He was one of ten children whose father was the town blacksmith. Bill grew up, graduated from Rush City High School and lived in Rush City all his life. He was inducted into the U.S. Army after high school and served his country in Korea.
While in high school, Bill enjoyed shop classes and discovered his life-long career of carpentry. He loved working with wood and was still using an end table he had made for his mother in high school shop class. For a time, Bill worked as a carpenter for Resch Construction in Rush City. He also traveled to the cities daily to work as a carpenter but eventually started his own business; Bill’s Home Improvement. He taught several of his nephews about carpentry and plumbing while they worked with Bill during summers. Bill was known in the area for his innovative work with wood foundations and his ability to build a building or home in its entirety; doing the plumbing, electrical, concrete, etc.
In 1962, Bill purchased land on Chippewa Hill, southeast of Rush City and built his A-frame dream home. It would be his home for the next forty seven years.
Bill was a founding member of an organization known as the BPA; Bachelors Protective Association, which had many members in the Rush City area. This group even had a float that was involved in many local parades. Most of his BPA friends knew him as “Big Daddy”. Bill was also a member of the Grothe-Jacobson VFW Post # 6692 and the Heath-Perkins American Legion Post # 51.
Bill’s hobbies included watching sports, playing Bingo, going to the Casino and meeting friends for coffee every morning at 6 a.m. In his earlier days, Bill was an avid roller-skater and skated at several rinks in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Every Christmas, Bill would make over 600 rosettes and deliver them to his nieces and nephews families. It was a treat they all looked forward to.
Bill will be remembered for his smile, his wonderful sense of humor and his optimistic outlook on life. He was a very special person that will be missed by so many. His passing marks the end of an era of Sandberg’s living in Rush City that spanned 113 years.
Bill is survived by his nieces and nephews: Barb (Mike) Struss of Pine City, Ron (Diane) Hansen of Pine City, John (Linda) Carlson of Stanchfield, Mark (Jane) Carlson of Pine City, Bruce (Barb) Carlson of Rush City, Karen (Bruce) Eveland of Backus, Robert Gustafson of Danbury, Wisconsin, Kathy (Steve) Swanson of Apple Valley, Betty (Roland) Rasmussen of Edina, Nan (Ron) Hult of North Branch, George (Claire) Jones Jr. of Dallas, Texas; many great nieces and nephews
Bill was preceded in death by his parents William & Olga (Bloom) Sandberg, brothers: Elwin “Red” Sandberg, Kenny (Gretchen) Sandberg, Merle “Bud” Sandberg, sisters: Agnes (George) Jones, Orpha (Amos) Carlson, Althea (Algot) Gustafson, Marion (Russell) Hansen, infant sisters Frances, Evelyn.
Pastor Steven Swanson will officiate at funeral services: 11:00 A.M. Tuesday (8/30/2011) at the Olson Chapel in Rush City with a time of visitation and reviewal one hour prior to the funeral. Music will be provided by a great nephew Dan Carlson and organist Dianne Kirchberg. Casket bearers are John Carlson, Bruce Carlson, Mark Carlson, Ron Hansen, Mike Struss, Bob Gustafson and Ron Hult with the interment in the Mission Covenant Cemetery in Rush City. Military honors will be provided by the Grothe-Jacobson VFW and the Heath Perkins American Legion.
Funeral arrangements are entrusted to the Funeral and Cremation Service~Olson Chapel of Rush City, MN. www.funeralandcremationservice.com
Dearest body of mine
The following is from chapter five of Joshua Rosenthal’s book, Integrative Nutrition Feed Your Hunger for Health & Happiness:
Dearest body of mine,
After careful thought and consideration, I hereby promise to:
Accept you and be grateful for you just the way you are,
Love and appreciate you for what you do,
Offer you healthy foods and drinks,
Overcome the addictions that hurt you,
Realize that laughter, play and rest help you feel good,
Exercise regularly and appropriately for my body type,
Adorn you with nice, comfortable clothes and shoes,
Understand that my unexpressed emotions and thoughts affect you,
Listen to the messages you are sending me when you are tired or sick,
Accept that I have the power to heal you,
Realize that you deserve to be healthy,
Honor you as the temple of my soul.
I love you so much,
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Special Announcement: I’m going pro!
Ladies and gentlemen, I am becoming a professional!
On Wednesday of last week I discovered the Institute of Integrative Nutrition (IIN) through Amanda Stumpe, whom I was introduced to via Facebook courtesy of our good mutual friend, Derek Hagen. We were introduced because she had started a group on Facebook for the health and nutrition coaching she is learning at IIN. I was immediately fascinated and headed over to IIN’s website for more info.
Hours and hours later – I was literally browsing the site until 4 a.m. – I knew I’d found my program, my career path, my launching pad. Several hours later (during regular business hours on Thursday), I called admissions and enrolled! My classes officially start September 12th! Between now and then, I’m working through the fundamental coursework which is preparing me for the classwork. It is beyond amazing!
Officially, I am training at the Institute of Integrative Nutrition to become a Certified Holistic Health Coach. The program is accredited by SUNY Purchase College and board certified by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners. I’ll be learning from the world’s leading nutrition experts, including: Dr. Andrew Weil, Deepak Chopra, David Wolfe, Dr. David Katz, Dr. Barry Sears, and Joy Bauer, to name a few. And I am SO excited!
I’ll be learning about more than 100 different diets and be able to coach people on which one(s) will work the best for their lifestyle. Plus, I’ll be learning about what the school calls “primary nutrition” – our relationships, careers, physical activity, and spirituality, and how these areas of our lives interact with our “secondary nutrition” – what we actually eat. They say, “Sometimes we are fed not by food but by the energy in our lives.” How very, very true.
And in following Amanda’s lead, I’ve created a Facebook group to share what I’m learning at IIN as well! It’s going to be an exciting adventure and I want you to join my Facebook group – Sara Hefty, Holistic Health Coaching – so we can experience it together!
Life will pay any price
“I bargained with Life for a penny,
And Life would pay no more,
However I begged at evening,
When I counted my scanty store.
“For Life is a just employer,
He gives you what you ask,
But once you have set the wages,
Why you must bear the task.
“I worked for a menial’s hire,
Only to learn, dismayed,
That any wage I asked of Life,
Life would have willingly paid.”
– Jessie Belle Rittenhouse (1869–1948)
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“Our only limitations are those we set up in our own mind.” – Napoleon Hill
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“Desire backed by faith knows no such word as impossible.” – Napoleon Hill
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“Every adversity brings with it the seed of an equivalent advantage.” – Napoleon Hill
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Today, what are you asking of life? Do you know what you want from life? Define, ask, and have faith that what you most desire in life is already yours, and it’ll be so. There is no such word as impossible.
Attitude of gratitude
Have one!
Have an attitude of gratitude.
Every day when you wake up and before you go to sleep, spend a few minutes thinking about the things you are grateful for and be appreciative. Throughout the day, notice people and experiences that you are grateful for.
“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more.” – Oprah
“We attract to ourselves what we hold inside. Every circumstance, every person, and every situation that we attract and experience is based on what is inside of us. Could you ask for a more magnificant system than this? Your life is a reflection of what you hold inside you, and what you hold inside you is always under your control.” – The Secret Daily Teachings
“I live in the space of thankfulness – and I have been rewarded a million times over for it. I started out giving thanks for small things, and the more thankful I became, the more my bounty increased. That’s because what you focus on expands, and when you focus on the goodness in your life, you create more of it. Opportunities, relationships, even money flowed my way when I learned to be grateful no matter what happened in my life.” – Oprah
In many, many ways, we’ve conditioned ourselves to be quite negative with our inner dialogue. To be happier and to attract what we want in life, we simply must begin to change our inner dialogue from negative to positive. And it will take consistent, daily effort to make the change, but so worth the time to do so! Especially when we reach the point of our positive ball of energy outweighing the negative ball of energy! Start and end your day with an attitude of gratitude. Those few moments will absolutely make you smile, feel lighter and accomplished, and bring about an enjoyable peace of mind.
