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Squabbles In my mind today I’m thinking about squabbles. We all have them. They happen at work, at church, and between family members and friends. They cause lethal divisions. How do you handle these in a way to save relationships and productivity? This morning the first scripture I read stated “Does your teacher pay temple…

Angels and Light In my mind today, I’m thinking of angels and light. Back row, it may get deep today as I think about these two: angels and light. Keep the comments from the peanut gallery to a minimum please. Mention of Angels and light are repeated throughout in the Bible. Today, I read about…

Time Management In my mind today students, I’m thinking about time management. Ol’ Ms. Alley is burning the candle at both ends again. [insert stress emoji here] This week has been a whirl of activity and as I look into the future I see a tornado forming. I have reading assignments(4 chapters), 8 discussion questions…

Touch In my mind today I’m thinking about human touch. Minds out of the gutters back row! I’ve always been a person who craves big hugs, a pat on the back, and warmness of hand holding. As a teacher, you are warned about being too touchy-feely with your students. Some students cringe if you touch…

Prayer In my mind today I’m thinking about a multitude of concepts: loneliness, pettiness, works of mercy, painting, writing, teaching, and prayer. I need to be a good student and narrow down my topic less I just make a mess of this reflection. So, here it goes. Drum roll please back row students. Our learning…

PovertyIn my mind today I'm thinking about poverty. I went to a brief meeting of the local Matthew 25:40 last night. So many of us have no clue of or about poverty. There are probably hundreds of impoverished people in our small town population of around 16,000 people. Some are mentally handicapped, some are drug…

My Adventures living not dying with ALS. This site will serve as a sounding board for my mind and adventures as I roll through my life literally and show this disease I choose to live. I'm competitive. My spirit will win. Please join me!

In my mind this week, I have been powering up for another burst of adventures. After the hectic weekend and my mystery machine, my van, trying to die on me, I've been resting. The kind of resting you just do absolutely nothing except basically breathe. That was pretty much my week and so far today.…