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 […]