Reflections on authenticity and doing what matters most.
Imelda Marcos Shoe Collection How many pairs of shoes do you personally own? Does your family jokingly refer to you as “Imelda”? Or are you a one-pair wonder who sees little point in owning more than one functional, comfortable pair of shoes? I, myself, am a little closer to the one-pair wonder than Imelda Marcos…
In case you were wondering: It is NOT okay to obtain sex with a minor; It is NOT okay to watch a video featuring someone else having sex with a minor;. Sexually exploited youth are VICTIMS of commercial sexual exploitation or sex trafficking. It is illegal both to offer and to obtain a child, and…
I’d like to tell you a story: Three friends met for lunch at the golf course ⛳, and each one was full of joy. Reggie, after slightly puffing out his chest, exclaimed, “Well, guys, I “hate” to rub it in, but my team made it to the Final Four …AND my company gave us tickets…
I first learned about International Women’s Day back in 2008 when I was teaching an 8th grade world history class at a small private classical Christian school in Nevada. It’s also the first time I ever remember learning the details of The Great War—somehow, in all my years of schooling, I missed that part. Although…
Love is in many ways fine: Like a nickel, like a dime. But love is more valuable to me Than one, two, or even three… And so begins one of the most *ahem* “memorable” poems I’ve ever written. (I won’t make you suffer through the rest of it.) Judging…
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. Inigo Montoya This is one of my all-time favorite quotes from the movie “The Princess Bride.” In this scene, the Spaniard confronts Vizzini, his Sicilian boss, about repeatedly blurting “Inconceivable!” during scenarios playing out before their very eyes (or…