What I Will NOT Miss About Germany

What I Will NOT Miss About Germany

Author’s note: As I near the end of my time living in Germany while my wife serves in the United States Army, this is part I of a III part series examining my thoughts and feelings as I prepare to head back to America and leave Germany behind. Part I examines what I...
Choosing Battle Lines

Choosing Battle Lines

Have you felt as if battle lines were drawn on the virtual learning front with your children over the past year?  I have some thoughts on that, but first, how I got there. Having left Facebook several years ago due to the incivility that was present (how tame those...
Empower Yourself Through Finance

Empower Yourself Through Finance

From a young age I have loved numbers. I suspect this passion for numbers contributed to my interest in finance. By the time I turned 15 and had my first W-2 job working as a dishwasher, I was ready to start investing in the stock market. What a different world it was...
New Year’s Resolutions

New Year’s Resolutions

It’s that time of year where we pause our hectic lives and press the imaginary reset button. Of course, we know those reset buttons by their more familiar name, New Year’s resolutions. Time to say goodbye to the could-have-beens and the should-have-beens for the...
You Can DECIDE To Change Your Life

You Can DECIDE To Change Your Life

Let me begin by recounting an experience that is probably going to leave your head shaking, especially if you are a military family. Military families understand how to move themselves, their family, and all their belongings across the country and across the world....
Ghost Stories for Dinner Parties

Ghost Stories for Dinner Parties

In 2024, Vermont will recognize the 300th anniversary of the first continuous European settlement that was built in what would eventually become Vermont.* During those 300 intervening years, many houses have been built with generations living and dying— sometimes...