The Work Is Worth It

Written 6/20/2017 Exhausted is how I left Florida in May. Exhausted describes how I have been this entire year really. Excited, yet exhausted There is an expression that my daughters team uses repeatedly when they are in the thick of practicing for a competition- the work is worth it. And it is. When you […]
Mission of Honor

I started writing this blog a few years ago with the grand vision and hope of going to the Aleutian Islands one day to pay a tribute to my grandfather for his service during the second world war. And on this Memorial week, as we remember and honor those who sacrificed themselves for our who […]
Geography 101- The Aleutian Islands

I just had to start with this post because after speaking about this to several people recently I realized that most people do not even know where the Aleutian Islands are. The most common response I have gotten is- ‘somewhere south, somewhere tropical’. Umm yea, not so much, let’s try the complete opposite direction. Look […]