The Last Day of School - forever

Today is the last day of school forever for my husband. What is he thinking? Excitement, time to catch up on sleep, no stress, wow, now what? Although he does have some plans there is always that fear of what if.....I am totally excited for him to retire. We can now do things that he missed out on because of school - like trips to Hawaii or seeing the grandkids in their sports, yard work - Ron loves to work in the yard, and for me he has offered to help me with marketing , Matt's Last Call: Surviving our Protectors.He is going to be my business manager which will be an enormous help. He will also help promote my book among his different groups of men he works with in our community. I'm hoping for a good long tour. All in all I am looking forward to having my husband home.

End of an Era

With the end of school approaching we find ourselves wondering what God has planned for us. Ron has 7 more days until retirement. Things we know: our last sport's awards and sad good-byes to our great tennis teams, multiple retirement parties to attend - Ron really deserves to be recognized for all the great things he has accomplished as a teacher and coach. He really doesn't like acknowledgements - wants the other guy to get all the recognition. However, after his first party and yesterdays recognition at school I think he kinda likes it. Don't tell him I said that! One thing we know for sure is Matt's Last Call: Surviving our Survivors will be launched in October. I still have to go over the layout when that is completed and ok everything so it can be printed. So, what are our plans? Probably a book tour but have no details at this point. All I know is I want it out there among ALL law enforcement, military/veterans, and anyone who is contemplating suicide or those who grieve due to a loved who who took his/her own life. Ron will definitely continue teaching tennis lessons and camps as well as Men's Ministry. He looks forward to having time to do his favorite things. For now, everything is in God's hands. May God bless each and every one of you.