purposeful & authentic living
Teacher of 21+ years and parent of a sophomore & senior talks with a parent of an 8th grader & freshman about various struggles in parenting, encouraging other humans as we all do the best that we can, and partnering with teachers to rally a team of support for our future generations. This is one…
Continue reading ➞ Conversation with a teacher about teens & life – Part 3
I'm happy to give an update and a REAL answer to those who have been wondering how school (seminary) has been going for me. Has it been what I hoped it would be? Yes! Let me try and explain through two illustrations (the study Bible and finding my birth mother) which I hope are helpful…
Many friends missed the Daegu Middle High School (DMHS) new student orientation last week located on Camp Walker, USAG Daegu, Area IV in South Korea. A lot of great information was shared by the long time Principal, Mr. Grade, followed by a school tour by one of the rising Seniors. The 2019 / 2020 School…
Continue reading ➞ Daegu Middle High School New Student Orientation
I brought up Dr. (Reverend) Martin Luther King Jr. again today when talking to my son about the news. Each morning, we try to watch and discuss a portion of the news so that he can practice developing and articulating his thoughts but also so that he knows a little bit about what is going…
On this date 10 years ago, I was officially honorably discharged from my time in the military. This is a look back at the names, uniforms and campaign slogans used during my 12 years of Active duty US Army service. I'm still serving today but in a different way. Ten years today discharged from the…
"She has a graduate degree but isn't doing anything with it." "I'm a full time volunteer." "Stay at home mom." "My formal career ended 10 years ago to raise my kids." Well, it's that time for me to start thinking about getting back into the workforce now that my spouse is looking at retirement from…
Sejana Shines 