Last month I took you on the first part of my journey through getting a Scuba Certification from Mac’s Sports in Clearwater. After completing our first checkout dive at Hudson Grotto, my boys and I left feeling quite accomplished and in awe of what life was like while breathing under the surface. Hudson was a […]

Part 2: The Congressional Nomination In the September WOW,  I wrote about my son’s decision to apply to a service academy, specifically the United States Naval Academy. Making that choice took some thought, but it was nothing compared to what came next. Over the following months, his life became a constant cycle of checklists, deadlines, […]

Part 1: The decision, the dream and the first steps When my son told us he wanted to apply to the United States Naval Academy, I knew we were stepping into something much bigger than a college application. The Naval Academy application process is a journey. I want to share that journey. Not just the […]