Hruska Family Website
Donna offers practical advice for grandparents on how to turn potentially exhausting visits with grandchildren into enjoyable experiences through advance planning, age-appropriate activities, and keeping the children busy rather than trying to keep up with them.
Writing in the early 1970s, Donna encourages young women to "stretch their dreams" beyond traditional gender roles, highlighting pioneering women in fields like medicine, business, and government while providing practical advice for career preparation.
Donna shares how her family transformed Halloween from a budget-busting holiday into a creative treasure hunt by saving and repurposing costumes in a magical "costume box" that turned discarded outfits into everything from saint's robes to Babylonian nobleman garments.
In this delightfully funny essay, Donna Hruska catalogs the hard-won wisdom gained from helping her children with school projects, from science fairs to Cub Scouts, revealing the universal truths of parental homework assistance like "Mothers' Law" and the eternal scarcity of band-aids when you need them most.
A tongue-in-cheek 'medical warning' about the highly contagious 'Windhooker Fever' (kite-flying mania) that strikes children each spring, complete with mock symptoms, treatment recommendations, and parental survival tips.
In this counterintuitive essay, Donna argues that anxiety, rather than being simply avoided, can be transformed from a paralyzing force into a powerful source of energy and motivation when properly understood and channeled.
Donna provides practical advice for salespeople on how to make cold calling more successful and enjoyable by understanding the statistical odds, qualifying prospects effectively, and using proven techniques for approaching both homes and businesses with enthusiasm and confidence.
In this tender and insightful essay, Donna Hruska captures the bittersweet experience of watching her thirteen-year-old son navigate the turbulent transition from childhood to adolescence, torn between wanting to protect him and knowing he must make the journey alone
In this lyrical nature essay, Donna captures the magical moment in early May when spring suddenly erupts in a symphony of color, from the overnight greening of grass to the spectacular crimson pink display of flowering crab trees that briefly transforms the landscape into "regal grandeur."
When Billy wins a chameleon at the county fair, his reluctance to read quickly disappears as he discovers that caring for his new pet requires learning about it from books.
