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A Room In My Heart

For your 12th birthday, daughter

I couldn't say how much you mean to me,
How you came to us, filled with glee,
Beginning with joy right from the start,
Owning the largest of rooms in my heart.

Now your mind is so filled with friends;
An enlarged childhood stretched at the ends.
Your peers are with you today.
Your first love will come someday.

No matter... when all is said and done,
I will be here and we'll have some fun.
To Tokyo or New York, you may depart.
But you'll always have that room in my heart.
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I am an internationally and domestically (Canada) experienced educator and writer who impacts people’s lives by helping them bridge social barriers through language and concept education, and professional teaching and learning opportunities. But more than this, I want us to be encouraged to inhabit fully the Kingdom of God. My educational background includes formal training in Philosophy and Metacognition, Linguistics, Religious Studies, History, teaching certification, and ESL practice. But it also includes many years of travels/residence throughout North America, East and Southeast Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, and Northern Europe. Within this has been the study of other languages with various proficiency, and and intimate awareness of Zen meditation studied in South Korea. Importantly, I am a husband and a father, and in those roles and others, I have a wide reach of connection in various international communities.

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About me: I am a career educator and traveler at heart. My written work includes academic writing in philosophy and linguistics, English acquisition, and most intently in the areas of spiritual engagement with reality and what that means for our public lives.

My education is a mixture of formal study in philosophy, political theory, Biblical studies, and history, along with professional teaching certification in TESOL and in cognitive testing, and international teaching.

My travel experiences include a range of countries in Asia, Europe, Africa and North America. I have lived in Canada, the United States, Germany, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Thailand. From those places I have traveled to many others besides.

I am a child of the 70’s and a “family man.” That means I have two wonderful kids who have been round the world with me.

Lastly, I am married to a wonderful woman since 2004. She is my partner, my friend, and my muse.

Thanks again for stopping by,

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