AJ and a LATTE

I have been given the great opportunity to present a professional development this summer to elementary music teachers (and anyone else who signs up).  I began looking for the presentation I gave at TMEA a couple of years ago to draw some of my material.  I couldn’t find what I was looking for but ran… Read more: The little treasures you find…

I have been officially retired from public school and at my new job for almost a full year.  It is time to do a glance back over the last twelve months to see what I’ve learned, what I’ve missed, what I’ve done right and what God is still working on. First, though I love my… Read more: Just an update…

The age-old dilemma…to speak or to keep her shut.  My mouth. Bless her heart.  She is such a complex creature.  She has the power to give life or to cause trauma.  According to Proverbs 18: 21, “The tongue can bring death or life; those who love to talk will reap the consequences.”  This has been… Read more: But this big mouth!!!

If there is one thing I am learning about myself, it is that road rage is real.  Someone from a neighboring town (I assume since they turned from that direction) came flying up behind me!  She was hateful flailing her arms and swerving to try to get around me in a turn lane!!!  I was… Read more: Road rage and a charging dilemma…

Life has been so fast!  I look up and it has been months since I’ve posted.   My verse for the year is Philippians 2:14–”Do everything without arguing and complaining.”   I have worked very hard to live by this, but I am going to take a time-out from it for just a minute.  I am sickened… Read more: After a life well lived…