2026: Year of Healing
2025 was the Year of Change for Jarda and me. (Photo in Lake Mary, on our 30th wedding anniversary, Dec. 12, 2025) Somehow, I knew in January 2025 that our orderly life was going to be upended this year, and my intuition was right. It's been twelve years since 2013, when we left our stimulating life in Prague, which was full of fun with friends and relatives; cafes, art exhibits and museums; trips around the Czech Republic, Norway, Germany, and Austria; career seminars where we helped dozens of people refine their career goals and move forward in life; two interesting churches; two jobs for me working with young kids; a great knitting group where I found new friends, and more. In these twelve years since we've been back in Central Florida, I've established a new career as a college Writing professor. Jarda and I have written five new books, run career seminars, and made a whole new set of friends. We've been happy with the quieter life we live, though we've missed...
