Good morning, Commanding General Davis, Command Sergeant Major Edwards, Command Sergeant Major Rainey, fellow commanders, leaders, friends, family, and of course the Soldiers of Bravo Company 2nd Battalion, 379th Regiment. Thank you for being here today to show your sincere support. First, I would like to thank COL Anderson and LTC Velez for entrusting me …
Merry Christmas 2022
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year and still from Oklahoma! I am not writing about another move this year and that is a feat in and of itself! A year now in the District Manager position, it has been a wild rollercoaster ride and I learned a great deal about myself and people in the …
Happy New Year 2022
Happy New Year from Edmond, Oklahoma! Yes, that’s right – ANOTHER MOVE. I started 2021 in Georgia and moved back to Oklahoma (3rd time’s a charm) in October. I learned something I did not know before though. Oklahoma’s state motto is “Labor Omnia Vincit” – Labor conquers all things. How apropos to my life! I …
2020 Mountains
Happy New Year! 2020 was a tumultuous one; unbridled and unrestrained. Did you not find yourself feeling like you were climbing a never-ending mountain that just seemed to get steeper and more treacherous as the year wore on? Mountains are demanding; their journeys can be unpredictable and sometimes even unmerciful, as were many days of …
Public Cervix Announcement – There’s Not An App for That
Ladies – there is NOT an app for Women’s Health! I was scheduled to get every woman’s favorite exam last week – the Pap Smear. To give you a little history, I was going because I had an abnormal exam a year ago – Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined Significance (ASCUS). In December 2014, I …
Happy New Year
“And suddenly you know… it’s time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings.” I knew and I did! I kicked off 2019 in Colorado Springs, Colorado preparing for the Cameron Brooks Career Conference. I traveled to Charlotte, North Carolina and interviewed with 13 exciting, prospective Corporate America companies achieving 9 Yesses, 1 …
More Than a Golf Game – Lessons Learned in the Military
I am currently in Belle Chasse, Louisiana for my first two week Annual Training drill with the United States Army Reserves, 377th Theater Sustainment Command. The Reserves = an entirely different world. The last week and a half has granted me a crash course in all things Reserve acronym, policy, rule, medical protocol, expectation, you …
Alpha Battery’s Captain America
Today marks 5 years since the loss of a great person. A person that makes you want to be better. A person that inspires you. A person whose individuality and unique personality make you uncomfortable–not because it is weird or odd, but because you wish deep down that you were so brave as to exhibit …
Thank You In Place of Goodbye
“So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.” Helen Keller There is a small Thai restaurant 10 minutes down the road from where I live that I have stopped often to pick up dinner. I had not been there for a while so …
6 Best Friends
Somebody somewhere declared today to be National Siblings Day. One problem though. I do not celebrate my siblings just one day of the year. I celebrate and thank God for my siblings every day! I speak to at least one of my siblings daily and almost all five of them every week. Honestly, the greatest …