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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Oct 23, 2012

Columnist has questions for the Romneys, but won’t be taking any pictures

It’s the season for celebrity sightings. Not that I’ve seen any, mind you, but folks I know have had some excitement. In our small town, we’re not exactly overrun with

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Oct 16, 2012

Many hats to wear – and they don’t all have glitter

I should count them all up. I really should. Bartholomew Cubbins did once, and his number was 500. “You think that’s a lot,” I wanted to say the other day

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Oct 09, 2012

Mother’s interview experience could lead to presidential debates

She could’ve knocked me over with a feather. “Hey,” she’d said in a breezy email, “I have a last-minute scheduling conflict. Could you host the show? It’ll be easy.” It

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Oct 02, 2012

Man with the healing hands part of a broader plan

Note:  This Grounds for Insanity column was published in the 10/01/12 edition of The Goshen News. It had come several weeks ago, slipped into the box with the rest of

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Sep 25, 2012

Preparing sons for marriage is a big job for a smallish mother

There it was in black and white. “Parents,” said the sheet that came home from school, “have your child name each member of your family. Put an ‘x’ in the

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Sep 18, 2012

Columnist works on “Grounds for Insanity” book, considers “Fifty Shades of Brown”

What a year it’s been. In fact, our continuing mantra, The Mister and I, is, “We just can’t pay to be bored around here.” At times, this is said with

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Sep 11, 2012

Moms could bring “new day” to America

When the skies above turn brown like mud and the national blood pressure spikes, you know it’s here. Yup. It’s Campaign 2012, and we’re up to our knees. It’s getting

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Sep 04, 2012

Measure of love is a cup of cold water, a place at the table

Backpacks drop. Shoes, they plop. Words rush and tumble, ordinary moments weaving, thread like, on the loom, shuttle passing back and forth. And then it comes. “They’ve abandoned us,” he

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Aug 28, 2012

This just in from the newsroom in Wakarusa

“It’s a freeway out there,” she said, pointing at the road where a slew of soccer moms whizzed past. “During the summer, it slows down. Then school starts, and it’s

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Aug 21, 2012

A ‘Gift Unexpected’ teaches lessons, spreads joy

Finding out that you’re expecting when you weren’t expecting it is so shocking and, well, unexpected that it takes awhile to wrap your brain around it. Which, as we learned,

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