A Musing about Freedom
National holidays have always been very special days in my family. My grandfather was a very proud World War II veteran. He loved his time in the service and could tell story after story. He was honored to have defended America and its ideals of freedom. I do not remember a time when an American flag was not flying in front his home. He instilled in me the importance of voting and using my voice. And while he loved our nation, he would also call our government out when he saw
Beyond Pagers and Placeholders
When summer comes, I cannot help but think of my first summer as an assistant principal. I remember I was so excited about my new gig that I gave up several weeks of my summer working off-contract cleaning out a couple of supply closets that had only been touched when people needed a place to put something they never planned to use again but didn’t want to throw away…or didn’t want to follow procedure to surplus it. Nothing had ever been thrown out. I discovered forgotten off