My mother

I’m proud of my mother and she is proud of her job. In the latest news from Lake Wobegon my mother made it into the paper. The local paper did a story about custodians and their interaction with kids. My mom got her picture on the front page and a little blurb inside.

The 700 children of Pine Meadow often call out, "Hi, janitor lady," to Rosie Warzecha, who recently became the school's head custodian.

"I try to be a role model for the kids. I show them that you can be kind, friendly and respectful," Warzecha said. "Kids can tell when you care about them, and I care about these kids."

What the article doesn’t mention are all the other jobs my mother has. My parents own a farm, so she does day to day operations on that. When I was back in Minnesota we were building a shed so we could expand the farm. The family also owns a nursery with a broad range of trees and shrubs.

You can read the full article here.