Loving Kindness

I’ve been spending time with my nephews lately. It’s been a struggle to find the time to sit down and write this. I’m actually supposed to be on the road driving home now but I’m sitting at my parent’s house writing this blog because I’ve been looking forwarding to writing this post for a while […]
Good, Not Grape.

Since moving to the strange land of Michigan, my wife Stephanie and I have discovered the wonderful pastime of fruit picking. If you’ve never gone to what’s called a “U-pick,” let me lay down some context for you. It’s basically what it sounds like. Families or companies plant a vineyard, some fruit trees, and they […]
Why you should love those selfish, destructive, unreliable STUDENTS (From the mind of a discouraged English Teacher)

As I sat in my room today, fed up with the world, as my study hall kids left in a bustling herd of destruction and chaos, full of gossip, malice, and deceit- unmotivated to do anything beneficial to their situations, I wanted to collapse beneath my desk. How often will this carousel keep turning? Will […]