The easiest thing to do is quit, yet we all know quitters never win.  While I did not carry the burden, I still felt responsible to the many parents and students who had come to believe we would find a solution to the dissolution of our relationship with our former associate school. We had spent … Continue reading "Overcoming: Reflections (Part 9)"

After we were dismissed by our associate school chairman, we found ourselves in a familiar predicament.  Hundreds of families were looking to us for sponsorship in their home education programs, yet we had no school through which to offer this service. This time I was clear about what we should do.  We had already met … Continue reading "Give It Your All: Reflections (Part 8)"

Continuing with the attempted acquisition of Education Unlimited in early 2021 is necessary to demonstrate other lessons learned.  Although there were some misgivings on the part of some staff who thought giving the chairman what he was demanding would appease him and make the problem go away, I could not and stood my ground.  Repeated … Continue reading "Never Feed the Bully: Reflections (Part 7)"

Home education documents are essentially parents’ records since they are the ones instructing their children at home, and it is they who have the responsibility for maintaining proper documentation, especially for Education Unlimited’s value-added transcripts.  So, the fellow who demanded I provide non-existing documents was inadvertently admitting to not having done his job.  He brought … Continue reading "When Nothing Makes Sense: Reflections (Part 6)"

While 2020 was a great year, 2021 started out with a bang. Although it was not a bang from a gun, it felt like a projectile had been hurled our way. However, as the saying goes, we dodged that bullet. It all started when a disgruntled parent, who most certainly should have known better, got … Continue reading "The Closer The People, The Greater The Pain: Reflections (Part 5)"

It seemed to come upon us very quickly and by March of 2020, we were all being told to do things none of us were happy about. We complied in the hope of securing health and safety for everyone. Covid-19 was the worst pandemic since the influenza of 1918-20, which we were told, killed nearly … Continue reading "Tested: Reflections (Part 4)"

While I have been involved in political activities for most of my life, I am not much of a “groupie”. Aside from my serious involvement in the establishment of the Reform Party of Canada a long time ago, I now tend to maintain my memberships in political parties more so I can be in the … Continue reading "Listen, Hear and Then Obey: Reflections (Part 3)"

Those of you familiar with the 1994 movie “Forrest Gump” may remember the scene in which Forest says, “It happens” which ends up being preceded with an “Sh”. Maybe this was meant to show bad things happen just as often, if not more often, than good things, and we should all know “it happens” events … Continue reading "It Happens! Reflections (Part 2)"

Life is full of surprises, and not all of them are positive.  Although there may be many things that can get our attention, nothing sneaks up on us like time.  Everyone has heard older folks say that time goes by fast, but who really believes them, unless of course, you are one of the older … Continue reading "Reflections (Part 1)"

Regardless of how you view and/or celebrate Christmas, or not, let’s include the rest of the year’s celebrations in this message. I doubt Jesus was born on December 25th.  We know where he was born, and ultimately we know why.  We can imagine how he was born, as he came through normal channels, but we … Continue reading "Choosing to Celebrate All That He Has Done"