April 30, 2020Don’t Be Flaky Recently, my alma mater, The Baylor School, announced the retirement of the Headmaster, Scott Wilson. Scott was the Admissions Director when I entered Baylor,…
February 5, 2020Hello 2020! Okay, so 2018 and 2019 sucked pretty bad. In 2020, I have resolved to stop being a victim of circumstances… personal and professional. On…
October 2, 2019Inward vs. Outward So, for a little over a year now, I’ve been dealing with a thing that has me feeling pretty dark about certain areas of…
August 14, 2019Heavy Heart At the behest of the wife of a close friend of mine, I joined a Facebook group related to the town in which I…
July 8, 2019RIP Carolyn At approximately 7:15pm, on Friday evening, June 28, 2019, my ex-mother-in-law, Carolyn Foley Varnell, passed away from cardiac complications resulting, likely, from years of…
June 9, 2019Lots of Emotions I have a lot of emotions going right now. It’s probably because I just got done watching a sad movie… A Star is Born….
January 15, 2019A New Start I have read that when one gets goose bumps while listening to music, it is actually the body’s “fight or flight” response due to…
December 24, 2018Busy, Great, and Crappy Year This year started off pretty good. In January, Christopher had his 23rd birthday and I received the Royal Arch degree in the York Rite….
November 4, 2018Sons of the American Revolution As of November 1, 2018, I am a formal member of the John Sevier Chapter of The Sons of the American Revolution. Now, it…