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Have you ever seen blood-related family members who don’t look anything alike?  Sometimes there are brothers that you look at, and you wonder, “How can you two be brothers?  You have none of the same features?!”  Similar even with family members and their internal characteristics.  Sometimes people who have been brought up pretty much theContinue reading “The Biggest Pretender:”

I am just about to leave from my four years of teaching Spanish at North Iowa to pursue a new career of working at a Non-profit in Cedar Falls, Iowa.  I am very excited for this move, but I am also sad to leave.  There are definitely going to be people and moments that IContinue reading “Top Ten Moments of My Four Years Teaching:”

Kids often want to be in the NFL,NBA, NHL when they are younger or maybe the best guitar player in a rock and roll band.   What sometimes kids don’t want to do is learn the basics of how to be the best.  I have definitely been in that position.  When I was a kid,Continue reading “You Need the Fundamentals:”

I love the dogs in my life!  My parents own three dogs.  One of the dogs in my life is  Rollins, which is a Vizsla.  This dog loves to do a lot of things-run, play, snuggle, and look out the window.  He loves to sit in front of the windows and watch the outdoors.  ItContinue reading “Being Watchful:”

Today as I am writing, I just got done helping a friend move into her new house.  She was moving 15 miles away, but she was moving into the town where she currently works.  She was also moving in with her sister, so this was all in all going to be a great set-up. ThisContinue reading “The True Growing of Friendship:”

I am a teacher currently, and I am finishing my fourth year of school.  There is something that I have learned when it comes to being in a school building in the last quarter, and that it is HARD.  It is so hard this time of year.   It is not easy to get theContinue reading “Hold Fast; The End is Coming Soon:”

If you have been reading along with my blog, this may sound repetitive, but at church today we were learning about Abraham and his mighty story.  He definitely had a lot of ups and downs with a lot of temptations where he sometimes showed great faith and sometimes showed complete fear.  The story that wrapsContinue reading “He wants our Bad, but also our Good:”

We have all been in a situation where we have been challenged with someone in our lives who drives us nuts or is difficult to love.  There can be those people who say mean words to our faces or who do not have the decency to think about their actions and how it may impactContinue reading “Oh, The Challenge:”

Oh Lord, thank you for the news I get to share! This is all because of you! Thank you for the opportunities that you have given me to write what it is in my heart.  I know that my heart may want to lead me astray and become too confident that this accomplishment is allContinue reading “It is Finally Here!”

I just started the book, “3:16,” by Max Lucado this Easter weekend.  This book’s main inspiration is most people’s beloved verse, “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”  It is a great starter to our religiousContinue reading “The Best Mulligan Shot:”