It is another warm August day in beautiful Asheville, North Carolina. It is hard to believe that I started teaching math and science at Asheville Middle School in 1995! Much has happened to me since starting this journey. After getting the job I proposed to my wife of 24 years Janet. Soon after I enlisted in the Army Reserves because I did not want to get old one day and say "I could have done that". Perhaps that is what TEAM PHOENIX is about. Pursuing your dreams and getting back up when you have fallen. In 2003 I was called to serve our country, then again in 2008 and yet again in 2011 and each time I have come back with a new appreciation that people are just people no matter where you go in the world. All one. Today Janet and I have 2 teenage sons and 2 little rescue dogs. Hope you are well and hope to see you soon.