About Me

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At the age of 31, my Uncle Jack asked me a simple question. He asked, "If money were no object, and you could do anything and be anything in the whole world, what would that be?" I knew my answer immediately.  "Oh! That's easy. I'd be a teacher." 

We both sat at the dinner table for many minutes without saying anything at all.  I sat in stunned silence.  What the hell am I supposed to do now  with this revelation of a deep passion that had bubbled near the surface my whole life?

I think Uncle Jack was wise and let the enormity of what I had just spoken wash over me. I also think that he was curious if I would have the strength, courage, faith, sheer will and required determination to risk a career change and seize that powerful answer that I obviously knew off the top of my heart. If had the damn guts to drop my current path and head back to school and get busy with the living I knew I wanted to do as a teacher.  

I did.  It wasn't long after that I attended a University in the great state of Texas to obtain my degree in Education, and all within two very fast, packed years.  Some semesters I clocked 21 hours, some just 15 hours, but it got done. 

I graduated with honors, made the Dean's List, and applied my love of teaching to being a dedicated substitute teacher in the closest Independent School District to where I lived.  

I didn't have to wait long before being offered my very own classroom 

My grandmother was a fourth-grade teacher, and I also wanted to be a fourth-grade teacher.  I was a great one (humble, too) for ten years before asking to teach second graders.  The transition from grade levels was met in perfect timing and my love of each of those seasons of developing youngsters changed my life and my heart irrevocably. And I am so thankful.