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Kristi Rendahl

Kristi Rendahl

Kristi Rendahl is associate professor and director of the nonprofit leadership program at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Prior to starting with MSU in 2017, she worked for over 20 years with nongovernmental organizations on several continents, including living in Armenia from 1997-2002. She speaks Armenian and Spanish.
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  1. Very nice Kristi. Your essay is for keeps! Just like all the other ones published in The Armenian Weekly. The rodeo cowboy is for sure a philosopher. Your own wisdom is summarized in the paragraph before the last one–that loss is inevitable, and that to accept it graciously is the most dignified response. Thank you for sharing your childhood experience. Please keep on writing.

  2. Kristi Jan: This may not be B.S. as you say, but it sounds to me like you got a “bum steer”.
    Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed reading the article and my memories of our farm animals flashed back, and yes that was a very difficult and sad day (if I read your story correctly, caused by this obligation we feel to drop everything and go to someone’s funeral – perhaps you can write about a funeral in rural Armenia one day). And, yes, adopting a “gracious” attitude in everything is the epitome of dignity and good manners. But loss is not “inevitable”, fatalism will not lead to progress and we learn from our mistakes and failures.
    Time to hop on a good horse (not a bronco) and hang on to him if you ask me :-)

  3. Fair point, Antoine jan, though I did not say that *all* loss is inevitable. And I could scarcely be described as fatalistic. ;-)

  4. What a touching story Kristi; I am giving you an A
    for your efforts and, another A for sharing the story
    with us!

  5. Living in Idaho, I thoroughly enjoyed your article. A different perspective on life. The lesson learned here was responsibility to your obligation. Wish more parents could teach their children the same.

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