tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811925406136368310.post3965766127987838598..comments2023-11-02T07:00:52.787-05:00Comments on 2 TO 4 A DAY: SIX DECISIONS THAT CHANGE YOUR LIFE2to4adayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02419507603612951741noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811925406136368310.post-66778131645681852602008-12-09T12:19:00.000-06:002008-12-09T12:19:00.000-06:00loved this post! i love lists and also self-refle...loved this post! i love lists and also self-reflection so this is good stuff. it sounds like a difficult task, picking 6 decisions out of the millions. <BR/>thanks for sharing!middlesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16013886297642008234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811925406136368310.post-34940010935306662642008-12-06T21:19:00.000-06:002008-12-06T21:19:00.000-06:00Okay, so the comment above made me want to tell th...Okay, so the comment above made me want to tell the truth about what REALLY happened in Colorado in 1985. What we did, Tom and I, was drop the kids off by the side of the road in Colorado Springs to see if they could find their way home to Minnesota by themselves. "Survival of the fittest" child-rearing theory--very popular in 1985. When they arrived back in Alexandria six months later, thinner and tougher, we felt the children were a lot better prepared for life. So that's what REALLY happened in 1985. Disney even made a movie out of it: "Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey." The roles of the three kids were altered slightly to a Golden Retriever named Shadow, a cat named Sassy, and a bulldog named Chance. Otherwise, the movie stayed true to our kids' experiences.2to4adayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02419507603612951741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811925406136368310.post-30208038759627823732008-12-06T19:05:00.000-06:002008-12-06T19:05:00.000-06:00I went to Colorado with my family when i was young...I went to Colorado with my family when i was younger, but they just dumped us all in the sand dunes. Ever since, I've dared to dream and fill sand bags whenever a 500 year flood comes through.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811925406136368310.post-23128412775300710682008-12-05T20:56:00.000-06:002008-12-05T20:56:00.000-06:00The Christmas in Colorado had a domino effect. Lik...The Christmas in Colorado had a domino effect. Like J-9 said, the kids saw life beyond Nissen Street in Alexandria, Minnesota. Our son, at the age of 10, saw the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs--and it became what he aimed for the next 8 years. Then my daughters saw their brother dream big, shoot for the sky (literally), and they dared to be who they are, too. So it was a mixture of airplane rides, trampolines, mountain skiing, Cabbage Patch dolls, and just knowing that they were free to be who they wanted to be. No limits. No boundaries. And I am so proud of who they all became.2to4adayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02419507603612951741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811925406136368310.post-52297131880064915462008-12-05T18:51:00.000-06:002008-12-05T18:51:00.000-06:00I just love your blog! The decision to go to Colo...I just love your blog! The decision to go to Colorado in 1985--did j9 cover it or was there more? It just sounds so intriguing! Thanks for being such a great friend--even with lapses of decades. And thanks for helping me set up a blog.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03721869632891522396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811925406136368310.post-65031283706265254342008-12-05T16:37:00.000-06:002008-12-05T16:37:00.000-06:00I love it!! Thanks for filling me in!I love it!! Thanks for filling me in!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811925406136368310.post-21054440790820562902008-12-05T13:00:00.000-06:002008-12-05T13:00:00.000-06:00We saw that there was more to the world than Nisse...We saw that there was more to the world than Nissen Street in Alexandria, MN!! Shannon and I got our first Cabbage Patch Kids, Elliot and Lorna Patricia--very monumental. We rode in the back of a plane with all the smokers and small children (I know, right?), Ryan skiied mountains, AND we jumped on a huge trampoline for the first time.j9https://www.blogger.com/profile/07063435445237191787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811925406136368310.post-84329782923193117082008-12-05T10:48:00.000-06:002008-12-05T10:48:00.000-06:00What happened in Colorado that Christmas of '85??What happened in Colorado that Christmas of '85??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com