I Am Nomadic

Posted on March 8, 2018October 19, 2018 by Jill Stephenson

In the early hours of a stormy July morning in 2015, lightning struck my townhome and ignited the gas meter beneath my deck. Within seconds the deck caught fire and less than ten minutes later a neighbor was banging on...Read More

You’ll Figure It Out

Posted on March 2, 2018October 19, 2018 by Jill Stephenson

I was lying in my hotel bed talking to my mother before dozing off the evening the doctors told me they believed my son was brain dead. I don’t remember everything we talked about, I only remember the overwhelming feeling...Read More

#TBT – Honour the Past. Welcome the Future.

Posted on February 22, 2018October 19, 2018 by Jill Stephenson

In e.e. Cummings poem “Dive for Dreams” he says, “Trust your heart if the seas catch fire, live by love though the stars walk backwards. Honour the past, but welcome the future.” This is a paraphrasing, but it’s a meaningful...Read More

Connecting the Dots

Posted on February 15, 2018October 19, 2018 by Jill Stephenson

In his 2005 Commencement address to Stanford University, Steve Jobs said, “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You...Read More

“Dang girl, get up!”

Posted on February 8, 2018October 18, 2018 by Jill Stephenson

Many years ago, I worked in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota. There was an inner-city kindergarten near my building. The playground was one block from the school, and I would often encounter the classes making their way to recess as I...Read More

Leading the Way

Posted on February 1, 2018October 18, 2018 by Jill Stephenson

I worked in corporate banking for many years. My bosses always gave me high scores in the category of relationship retention and told me it was a great attribute to have. At one point, a change in command of who...Read More

#TBT – The Origin of Benergy

Posted on January 25, 2018March 24, 2018 by Jill Stephenson

There is a word I often say that cannot be found in the dictionary. If you knew Ben in life or after his Heavenly transition, you’d know it too. It’s Benergy. Ben meets Energy. The spirit of Ben colliding with energy and...Read More

A Journey I Never Saw Coming

Posted on January 18, 2018October 17, 2018 by Jill Stephenson

I am Jill Stephenson. Being Ben Kopp's mother wasn’t always a bed of roses. I learned early on that discipline and structure worked best with him (which would prove helpful in the future). In the meantime, it was pretty challenging....Read More

I Am Nomadic

You’ll Figure It Out

#TBT – Honour the Past. Welcome the Future.

Connecting the Dots

“Dang girl, get up!”

Leading the Way

#TBT – The Origin of Benergy

A Journey I Never Saw Coming

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