February 1, 2024 Embracing a New Chapter: Retirement, Gratitude, and Faith On the commencement of my retirement, having dedicated the last several decades to public service in education—wearing many hats from classroom teacher, specialist, tech…
November 11, 2023 Navigating Grief: Finding Hope and Healing in Faith Today marks the third anniversary of Melinda’s going home to be with Jesus. The last three years have been heart-wrenching, transformative, and thanks to…
September 30, 2023 Do you love anyone more than Jesus, including yourself? Last night, I went to watch “The Blind” with Megan, April, and other family and friends. This morning as I was checking my email…
August 25, 2023 A Letter to My Daughter It is hard to believe that you will be getting married tomorrow. I have so many mixed thoughts as the time approaches. Am I…
July 25, 2023 A Recipe for Hope I want to start this post off with an apology to the followers of this blog, as I have not written a post in…
May 14, 2023 Celebrating One Year of Marriage: The Joy of Two becoming One. One year ago today, I was standing in front of friends and family for the second time in my life saying I do, to…