What’s happening in Canada is America’s story too. Indian Residential schools were used as a tool to execute ethnic genocide. These schools were not a safe haven, they were over run with abuse and neglect. 215 children went through the school doors and never came out. We must bring all of the children home. Where there is a school their will be bodies, some marked and others left to the sands of time. I am 2 generations removed from this era, my Grandfather was a state schooler. He was taken from the reservation and contracted out as an indentured servant at just 5 years old. The 215 hit a nerve with me because their story is a part of me, that could have easily been my Grandfather. We need to search the former school sites in the US and Canada until we bring them all home.

Covid hit home this week. It claimed the life of my dear friend and mentor. Gary Johnson was that once in a lifetime human. He was more than a professor whose teachings and mentorship went beyond my college years. I am forever grateful for his mentoring and friendship.

It’s a great time to be alive in Minnesota! The moment we have all been waiting for is finally here! The temperature is rising and those lakes are looking mighty fine. Summer is what makes living in Minnesota year round worth it! So come on now pull up a comfy chair, pour yourself a beverage and tune in to learn more about Minnesota/Wisconsin summer.

Hi Friends! This week we will be discussing the ups and downs of infertility. Along with tips on how you can support a friend going through IVF and what not to say to them. Especially when you do not agree with their choices, a little respect goes along way. So pull up a comfy chair, poor that beverage, and tune in to your Minnesotan Best Friend

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Hi there! Welcome to a new season of the Maybe Swearing Helps Podcast. AJ is taking the reins of the podcast, come along with her as she shares the good, the bad, and the funny parts of life. Gummy candy is her kryptonite and no topic is off limits for your Minnesota Best Friend.

Shitty things happen to good people. It’s so easy to get lost in the darkness and have a pity party for yourself until the wine runs out. But what if for just a moment we flip our perspective and say “why not me?” Why not me? You were built to handle whatever life throws at you. You were built to handle the good, the bad, and the ugly curve balls of life.

Making friends as a kid was easy, you just pulled out your GI Joe doll and your My Little Ponies and called it a day. Making friends as an adult is hard as it’s no longer appropriate to run to the park and pull your latest My Little Pony out of your pocket while screaming HI at the kids on the jungle gym...... well I guess you could still do that, but you might find yourself in the back of a cop car. Save yourself the trouble open that wine and pull up a seat, because the ladies have a few ideas on how to make friends as an adult that don’t involve a cop car.

Hey friends it’s that time of the week, so crack open a bubbly water, grab a snack, pull up a chair and listen in as the ladies dish about what it’s like being on the curvy side of life. Fat shaming isn’t cool, diet culture is predatory, and thank God for Lizzo! Oh and fashionable plus size clothing, moomoos are so 1976!

Have you ever been in a fight with your BFF? You know the kind where you say things you wish you didn’t and then proceed to not speak to them for Maybe years? Did you mourn that friendship? Well pull up a seat and open that bottle of wine, because the ladies have a breakup story to share. A story of self growth, learning to trust one another again, and reconciliation.