Sep 18, 2020Driver’s Ed, Hank Williams, and Cancer: a Love StoryTwo months before my dad died from his battle with cancer, I drove him to Lexington Medical Center in Columbia for a check-up. …Cancer5 min readCancer5 min read
May 27, 2020Why “I’m Not Racist” Isn’t EnoughWe all want to think, “I’m not racist.” But many of us have done, said, or thought racist things. I’ve done, said, and thought racist things, and that’s even with being on the receiving end of blatant and subtle racism my whole life. I’ve seen too many people try to…Racism3 min readRacism3 min read
Apr 7, 2020Harry Potter and the Need to GrieveToward the end of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and I’m talking about the book and not the movie here (we all know how often the book is better than the movie, and it’s certainly true of the Harry Potter series, and even more true about the end…Pain5 min readPain5 min read
Apr 3, 2020Pants Not OptionalI don’t know if it’s ever been more important for me to wear pants. I mean, sure, was it important for me to be wearing pants when I got married? Yeah. And was it important for me to wear pants when I was in school teaching kids? …Productivity3 min readProductivity3 min read
May 6, 2019I Was a Terrible Student (A “Thank You” to My Teachers)I was a terrible student. I slept through class—sometimes accidentally, sometimes on purpose. If I didn’t think an assignment was important, I’d put minimal effort in. So…that was most assignments. I never heard the directions the first time because I was always thinking about something else. If a teacher tallied…Education2 min readEducation2 min read
Oct 10, 2018If You Consume the News Cycle, It Will Consume YouThere’s one type of ride I refuse to get on at an amusement park. Anything that spins. If it spins, I’m out. One too many times, I’ve agreed to allow someone to strap/trap/lock me into a seat, thinking, “Maybe it won’t be so bad.” It’s that bad, every time. And…Life8 min readLife8 min read
Jun 25, 2018On the Road AgainOne of the first songs I ever remember singing along to is “On the Road Again” by Willie Nelson. It reminds me of driving with my dad, my aunt, and my uncle to go fishing when I was a kid. I’m about to take off on a three-week, fifteen-state, coast-to-coast…Inspiration2 min readInspiration2 min read
Published in Epic Church·Jun 18, 2018Love Is the Way ThroughI’ve doubted the existence of God plenty of times in my life. I’ve gone through times when I felt like I was in a fog of uncertainty about what to believe or who to believe. But I’ve always come back to one idea. …Life3 min readLife3 min read
Jun 5, 2018An End-of-Year Pep Talk for TeachersTeachers, You didn’t get everything done that you had planned. You didn’t touch on semicolons and em dashes enough. I’m preaching to myself here; I feel all kinds of ways about punctuation. You didn’t get to the Battle of the Last Stand of Something or Whatever (good thing I’m not…Life Lessons2 min readLife Lessons2 min read
Jun 4, 2018What to Do for Your Teacher at the End of the YearThe end of the school year is coming up fast for a lot of us. For parents, before figuring out how to keep your kids occupied and happy every day once the summer hits, one of the items on your to-do list might be this: What do I get as…Life Lessons5 min readLife Lessons5 min read
