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Finding Purpose and Camaraderie Beyond the Military: Serving with Samaritan’s Purse
For 12 years I served in the Ohio Army National Guard. I’d be lying if I said I loved every moment of it. I didn’t. But what it did do was fulfill a part of my soul that felt a need to give. A need to do something bigger than myself. However, it doesn’t last forever....
Life as a Girl Dad and the Challenges of Managing 4 of Them
Being a girl dad is awesome. There was a point in my life where I thought I HAD to have a boy for my life to be complete. Four girls later, I look back and think how wrong I really was.
10 things I learned journaling every day of Summer
Let’s admit it. Summer always goes by so fast. One day you’re looking forward to planting flowers, playing softball and warm summer mornings. The next day you’re
The Importance of Callback Functions and Firebase
Pass data from one function to another in Firebase is to use a Callback Function
Hello and Welcome
Hello and welcome to my site. It’s been a long time coming, but I finally gave it a significant update. Thanks for stopping by!
Dreaded ‘Internal Server Error’: WordPress
The dreaded “Internal Server Error”. It tells you nothing and if you don’t know where to start, then you might feel lost. This tip should always be kept in mind…
Change Divi Image Portfolio Grid Thumbnail Sizes
Change divi’s filterable portfolio image default from rectangle to square.
ES6 & React Basics
There’s still a lot I love about ES5 JS but with the growth of things like React, ES6 is an inevitable adoption for the future. I am a big proponent of, do what works. But when you have time, you should always be learning the latest best practices.
Tell me what you see.
For many of you, if I asked you what you see in the picture above, you would probably say “a black dot” or “a circle”. Some of you are probably STILL looking at it in some sort of trance or something trying to figure out the meaning of life. For that, I’m sorry,...
We are all just broken seashells
I just got home from spending a week away at the Outer Banks and while I was there I had a moment of clarity. I was sitting on the beach in my chair watching my kids play in the crazy, choppy surf. Meanwhile, Ellie(3), my second oldest was playing away from the water...