Education

• Trinity Health System School of Nursing
• Eastern Gateway Community College
• Indian Creek School

Favorite saying

• "“When the people fear the government, there is tyranny; When the government fears the people, there is liberty.” - Thomas Jefferson. "A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government." -George Washington. "To disarm the people is the most effectual way to enslave them." - George Mason. "The Constitution shall never be construed to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms." - Samuel Adams. "Absolute power corrupts absolutely." "You can only move as fast as who's in front of you." "Love isn't finding a perfect person. Its seeing an imperfect person perfectly." "Sometimes, good things fall apart so better things can fall together." -Marilyn Monroe. ''You only live once, but, if you do it right, once is enough.'' -Mae West. "If you stumble, make it part of the dance." "Life is about using the whole box of crayons." "Courage does not always roar. Sometimes it is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying 'I'll try again tomorrow." "The happiest people don't have the best of everything- they just MAKE the best of everything." "Character is how you treat those who can do nothing for you." "Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. It's what sunflowers do." -Helen Keller. "Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die." -Buddha. "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." -Thomas Jefferson "All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent." -Thomas Jefferson. "My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government." -Thomas Jefferson. "When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on." -Thomas Jefferson. ''No one is perfect until you fall in love with them.'' -Teresa Conroy "Strong is what you've got left when you've used up all your Weak." "The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be" -Ralph Waldo Emerson."