Memorial Day 2015: Monroe Honors Those Who Have Fallen

Rows of United States flags waving in the breeze at River Raisin National Battlefield Park

Hope you and your family are enjoying today’s Memorial Day holiday of honoring Americans who gave their lives in service to protect our right to freedom.

For Memorial Day this year, I traveled to Monroe, Michigan to visit two memorials to those who have died in service to our country. Continue reading Memorial Day 2015: Monroe Honors Those Who Have Fallen

Congratulations Class of 2015!

Ferris State University Spring 2015 graduating students

Today, along with hundreds of other parents who watched their child graduate from college, memories of his time in school came flooding back to me.

Walking him to school for the first day of first grade. Waving goodbye as he met his new teacher. Hoping he would make friends. Continue reading Congratulations Class of 2015!

Photo of the Week: Detroit Institute of Arts Inside|Out Program at Edward Hines Park

Vincent Van Gogh self-portrait

I was thrilled to read last week’s announcement from the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) that their popular Inside|Art program was back for the sixth year.

And even more excited when I learned one of the venues for the program was near me, in Edward Hines Park in southeastern Michigan. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Detroit Institute of Arts Inside|Out Program at Edward Hines Park