: About Me

I am a teacher at heart. I love it. I was actually going to become a math teacher, but realized that it wasn't where my heart was. To be honest, I loved teaching math, but did not care for the mess the school system has seemed to become these days. I could go on about that, but I will say that I admire most teachers today. At least the ones who really try. They have their work cut out for them, and are stronger more patient people than I profess to be.
I preached for 6 years. The first 4 were part-time, but I spent 1.5 - 2 years as a full-time minister. Soon it became apparent to me that the same politics I wanted to avoid in the school system were present in the church community as well. I continue to attend services, although I had fallen away for a while, but I found it more of an outreach to talk to people as a friend, rather than teach from a pulpit.

My passion is ...

doing what I can to help.

I know too much about ...

heartache

My parents always told me ...

go the extra mile. Do more than is expected.

My childhood ambition ...

really was just to make a difference, to be influential.

Why I write ...

I can't not write. It's a need and it doesn't go away.

My best moment ...

has yet to come.

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