Hello, my name is….

Junior year of high school, I had a tendency to accidentally miss class periodically. I’m not really sure how it would happen, but inevitably somehow nearly every day something “came up” that got in the way of my class schedule and, well, decisions had to be made. Given that I already felt like I wasContinue reading “Hello, my name is….”

Pura Vida

Row 7, window seat on the 8:00 am flight out of Rogue Valley “International” Airport. Excited for another adventure together, my wife and I settle in for a long day of travel, expecting to arrive at our destination in about 15 hours. We absolutely love traveling together. Discovering new beautiful places, learning about culture andContinue reading “Pura Vida”

Green, Type 9, INFP

When I was in nursing school, our instructors thought it would be a great idea to divide the class up for a discussion. Self-identified introverts on the right side of the classroom, extroverts on the left. Still to this day, I’m not really sure what the purpose of that was but one thing is forContinue reading “Green, Type 9, INFP”

Culture and Caffeine

Much of what I have written over the years, both here and on multiple other platforms has come from a deep desire to see cultural walls broken down and allow everyone a seat at the same table. As I mentioned in my last post Border Crisis, cultural differences can’t be seen as “us vs. them”.Continue reading “Culture and Caffeine”