#TBT-Who He Is Today

Posted on May 10, 2018October 20, 2018 by Jill Stephenson

Country singer Kenny Chesney released a song in 2005 entitled, “Who you’d be today.” It’s about a life gone too soon, a loved one who dies young. The lyrics ask what would have become of that person: “Would you see...Read More

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

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

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

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