What do you take for granted? It seems like everyone is guilty of not valuing some person or aspect of their lives, until he/she/it goes away. On Tuesday, the power went out during my spirituality group’s meeting. We had gathered in a basement classroom of the church’s ministry building. The food pantry workers were in the…
“The book was well written but it would only appeal to girls. Too bad you didn’t write about a wizard instead of a fairy.” That was the first rejection I received from a publisher for my Enjella Series, Gee! And I thought a wizard series had already been done! But jokes aside, the rejection made me…
Dateline: West Point, January 5, 2016 2016 is the decennial anniversary of women’s admittance to West Point. Fittingly, the year began with a historic moment for women. Brigadier General Diana Holland, USMA Class of 1990, became the first woman Commandant of Cadets at West Point on 5 January. Lieutenant General Robert Caslen described Diana’s assumption of command…
At the end of Beast, New Cadet Training, we assembled for a lecture. Jubilant at having survived this formidable introduction to West Point, we were soon put in our places. Colonel Kirby projected a bar graph showing our progress as cadets within the total USMA experience. After the hardest 7 weeks of my life, the segment we had…
These immortal words were uttered by my good friend Gary, upon the birth of my daughter Jocelyn. He was quoting an illustrious line from a Dick Van Dyke show that spawned a generation of great “new baby” presents. I have always been impressed by the comic genius of Dick Van Dyke – in fact I…
