Resolution: the firm decision to do or not to do something. Welcome to 2020! It's been awhile since I've had the pleasure of blogging, but now that we are in second semester I finally found a brief second to type a little something. This posting is probably less for you, the reader, and more for me; I need to speak thoughts, write them down, and continue on with my day-to-day! For those that have missed it, I have moved back home to the lovely Bassett, Virginia and have taken a job at Franklin County High School as the Director of Bands. Leaving Panther Creek was not an easy decision by any stretch of the imagination. If you really want more details about why and how I left, there's a YouTube video I made somewhere that you can watch. I value every lesson, every friendship, and every memory made there, but I was called home for many reasons, and it's never been more apparent to me than now. To be real, my father has been in the hospital since the start of C
Sadness is a daunting subject to write about. That's for sure. Sadness is something we feel as we grow up; perhaps we lose our favorite toy growing up, or a pet that is near and dear to us runs away from home. While we may weep for a season, it usually passes, and we grow, get stronger, and move on with life. But what about the moments that are so hurtful they leave scars? The kind of life events that shape us forever; we might put up walls, or change our behavior drastically. That's the kind of event I need to vaguely talk about today. I've eluded to it many times before in writing, but there's one particular event in my life that changed me, molded me, created a wound that took YEARS to heal into an ugly scar. I want to preface talking about this by stating I am not perfect. I never was, I never will be. She wasn't either. I've only been truly, romantically, in love once in my life. I was a senior in high school, and she was a freshman. I