I recently spent a week in Nashville, Tennessee, and for the first time in 13 years since I left the state, I felt a deep, compelling desire to return. Even when I had the chance to move to Fort Campbell in 2013, I declined for various personal and professional reasons. This recent visit was different—it …

“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 …

Robert Brault said, “Life becomes easier when you learn to accept the apology you never got.” I have found that when you wait for an apology, you are allowing the person who hurt you to continue to hurt you.  You’re giving them the power to decide when and if you get to be okay again.  …

The career conference and the follow up process that followed is finally concluded.  At the conference in Charlotte, North Carolina I conducted interviews with 13 excellent companies interviewing with a total of 30 different people associated with those 13 companies. Can anyone say mentally draining??  That was Step 1. At the conclusion of the conference, …

One of my absolute favorite Christmas songs is Amy Grant’s Grown Up Christmas List. I love this song because the words clearly illustrate the wishes of my heart.  I know that it is naïve to believe that world peace can be achieved overnight.  However, I do believe that each of us has the capacity within …

Throughout the course of this suicide investigation I was tasked with last month, I have felt extremely overwhelmed.  For a month, I’ve had to speak with the family, friends and co-workers of this deceased Soldier–many over the phone, a few through email correspondence, others in person.  I have been ignored by some, snapped at by …

I have recently been reading Dale Carnegie’s book, “How to Win Friends & Influence People”.  I highly suggest you add it to your personal library.  In one of the first chapters, I came across the following quote.  It deeply resonated with me, so much so that I had to find it, order it, frame it, …

~How are you supposed to feel sitting in a hospital in which your best friend is having cancer removed? ~How are you supposed to handle the news of someone close to you leaving–whether by death or simple separation of geography on Earth? ~How difficult is it to stand in front of a room full of …

This year is unique in that last year was a year of struggle. I have so much to be thankful this year, as I always do every year but this year in different ways. Thanksgiving this year is postponed due to my dad and brother making a trip to visit my grandmother who herself has …

Thanksgiving has now passed. The Christmas season is approaching fast. With this comes the end of yet another year–this year having been a momentous one, and entering into new. What was there to be thankful for this year? What am I personally thankful for? This year has been filled with exciting moments: graduation, summer trips, …