When I read the headline and the subsequent article, I said a quick prayer. Surely the 15 year old victim would not be one of the students I had when I taught on the other side of town. After all, there are at least 2-3 other high schools near the crime scenes and that meant […]

It’s the day after Christmas and I am not quite sure what to do with myself. The decorated trees are still emitting their warm glow of their white lights (except for the strain or two that have gone dark on the pre-lit tree). The various containers of festive yummies are still smattered along the kitchen […]

Not two days ago, an EF3, 600 yard-wide tornado tore a path over 11 miles long across the north part of our county. Hundreds of houses and businesses have been leveled. Schools damaged. Property lost. Lives forever altered and lives lost. The destruction photographs and videos I have grown so numb to seeing on the […]