Grounds for Insanity

Rhonda Schrock is the author and creator of “Grounds for Insanity,” a weekly column that was published in The Goshen News from 2007 to 2014. “Grounds” showcased Rhonda’s life as the mother of four growing, mischievous boys and the wife of their stalwart, blue-eyed father. For seven years, readers were entertained and enthralled by her tales from The Three. Her columns are archived here.

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Jul 15, 2014

Find blessings, happiness where you are

It was a quote that came through my news feed. Where many inspirational thoughts evoked laughter or comfort or fuzzy, warm feelings, this one struck like a bullet. “If we

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Jul 08, 2014

All I really needed to know, I learned at the baseball park

FacebookTwitterGoogle+DiggPinterestBloggerAfter a brutal, crushing winter, summer has come to our small, American town. Up and down Main Street, flowers bloom, splashing color, dripping happiness from hanging baskets and overflowing boxes.

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Jul 01, 2014

Language is tricky; singing (not sinning) encouraged

It was a small letter, but the difference it made was big. “The patient recently sold her hose.” Wait. What? I looked at what I’d just typed. House. She’d sold

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Jun 24, 2014

“Procaffeinating” mother roars into summer, hates rabbits, eats dessert

I’d not heard it before. It was a new one for me, and I knew right away I was an expert. Procaffeinating. That was the word. Procrastinating while caffeinating. And

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Jun 17, 2014

The truth about bodies, aging and what beauty really is

If anything could bring it on, a trip through the checkout lane was it. One stopped off, thinking that all she was getting was groceries for the week. Instead, what

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Jun 10, 2014

Extreme sport of motherhood takes grit, resolve

“Raising boys—that’s an extreme sport!” Such was the sentiment that found its way to my desk on the recent Mother’s Day weekend. On the front was a photo of three

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Jun 03, 2014

Men purchase pants, women see possibilities

I should’ve known it would come. Sure as the sun comes up in the east. Sure as the tides rise and fall. Sure as Republicans will fight with the Dems,

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May 28, 2014

Parents teach children, but children teach, too

I learned a lot from my mom. As a girl growing up on the prairie, I learned how to keep a house. Dusting, sweeping, mopping, straightening, organizing and washing dishes

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May 13, 2014

When magma shifts (or mice appear), near-volcanic eruptions can happen

Well, that’s not good news. Not if you live within spittin’ distance and your running shoes are shot. It’s not. According to scientists, magma levels in Washington state’s Mount St.

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May 06, 2014

Comedy, surprises just part of routine

It was the end of another long day. Varied and sundry thumps, bumps and knocks still sounded overhead. Somewhere, Someone’s children were not all settled, and the house was not

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