Moving Forward

Today I had the privilege of spending the entire day with  Eric Sheninger.  He encouraged us to consider who will tell our story if we don’t. What will they say? That was an important and scary question for me to consider right now. I am gun shy as my major professor stated. My story is an amazing story and I have been blessed to meet and work with some amazing educators. This is my perspective from past experiences. I have seen kids make a very large impact in the world . I have been so blessed to identify my passions early on and to have had a creator put special opportunities in my path along with some amazing kids, teachers, and leaders. Assisting the community of Dublin, Texas with   Dr. Shaun Barnett and his wife Keri Barnett with a 1:1 K12 technology  initiative in 2010, I became a leader. I am grateful to both of them for their leadership.  I believe this was the  2nd 1:1 K12 initiative  in the state of Texas. Serving ...

Around thirty minutes ago I hit a milestone, the BIG 40 .  How do I feel? I feel stronger, tougher, wiser, and so grateful to the people who have come across my path at some point during the last 40 years. I have had to learn to LET go during the last year. This is the first year I will celebrate without my lifelong birthday partner, my beautiful grandmother, who celebrated two days after mine on July 4th. We always had a special birthday together and her faith in her higher power and spirit motivated so many. She always thought of others and I realize she modeled LOVE for me. When you are limited with the time available to your kids, you learn to value that time. All we really have is this moment, and to celebrate my birthday I am going to attempt to spend this month deliberately engaging in 40 acts of kindness and hope that you join me. I came across this video tonight as I pondered where I am in life at the age of 40.  Hmmm..... I am a child from the 90's, Class of ...