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I love my job. I wheeled through dog poop on my way to get groceries this morning. These things can coexist, and I'll still choose to say that my life…

About twelve years ago I went to my first Demon Hunter concert (above left). They were my favorite band at the time and remain so to this day. When I…

My life has highs and lows closely aligned, and this week was no different. I had a crazy stress filled week with a lot of business and a lot of…

I'm emotionally tapped out. I knew it was coming, and I should have written this post before the final Westport service, but I didn't know what to say. Twelve years…

I was sick with a cold type mess last week, and my legs put up a fight when Hunter and I went for a walk this past Thursday. I was…

I was a choir nerd for four years of high school, and I looked forward to the annual spring trip to "Musicale" where all the regional Christian high schools sent…

I'm not lying when I share the sunshine in my life. I really do love the opportunity I have to teach bright, intelligent, inquisitive students. I also celebrate the chances…

I just spent the last half hour listening to various songs on YouTube to see if I could come up with one with lyrics to create a theme for this…

"If you were an ice cream, what flavor would you be?" Our student body president asked the audience this at our opening ceremonies Wednesday. He went on to emphasize the…

My legs are still figuring things out as I prepare to start the school year with students this week, but Virgil and Beatrice are getting more used to longer days…

I started work last week with some meetings and all staff conference where I got to hear some awesome testimonies of the new staff members. Four years ago I stood…

Let me first say, I'm amazed people pay any attention to me. I mean, from my perspective, sure, there is loads going on with me, but from a global scale,…

I honestly did very little this week, so feel free to reread last week's entry and remember the extreme exhaustion I was recovering from. I had minimal social interactions, kept…

"I wish I had the money to pay my way past the lines in security," I once heard a snarky lady comment as my family trouped through the frequent flyer line at…

"I go to seek a Great Perhaps" is a much quoted line attributed as possibly the last words of the poet Francois Rabelais and coopted by John Green's protagonist in…

"I'm not saying I'd like to build a summer home here, but the trees are actually quite lovely."  In the iconic scene in The Princess Bride, Wesley optimistically tells Buttercup they…

Step one: move to Germany. Step two: learn German. I'd recommend the reverse order. I do things my own way sometimes though, and my life has followed that listed order.…

I just wanna be a sheep; baa, baa, baa, baa. That was my Sunday school jam, and I stand behind the sentiment. I'm also occasionally interested in sheep like following…

The premise of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is that a small teenage girl has the power and skills to take down big monsters on a regular basis. However, once a…