October has been an interesting month of activity. One with challenges that kept coming up. I wondered at one point, what next? Early in the month, my car’s transmission just up and failed. The timing couldn’t have been worse. It was the same week I was to travel many places and speak about the passion [...]
Read MoreMany know this term: interdependence from economics lessons. Yet this term means so much more. Let me first point out how without this term things and people can fall apart. A young lady attending middle school told me of a fellow student. This student wanted to drop out. They felt picked on and ignored all [...]
Read MoreWhat do you get the world’s greatest mom? What do you do when you’re only in middle school and have a physical disability to make the perfect gift for the world’s greatest mom? What do you do with power tools? Shop class was one of those classes which any boy looks forward to (and some [...]
Read MoreSpeaking with a large crowd of elementary students last week, one thing was evidently clear: Lots of questions. I broke the ice right away talking about things that were different and things that were the same between them and myself. Obviously, the first student said age. Next thing was the obvious lack of hair on [...]
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