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A bIT ABOUT ME

School Counselor Educator 

I am a school counselor turned counselor educator, professor, and author helping educators and parents to build social, emotional, and academic growth in ALL kids!  My long career in school counseling is highlighted below.

The school counseling blog  delivers both advocacy as well as strategies to help you deliver your best school counseling program.

Grief Coach

I'm a mother, grandmother, professor, author, and wife (I'll always be his). Until October 20, 2020, I lived with my husband, Robert (Bob) Rose, in Louisville, Ky. Bob went into the NAVY directly after his graduation from Paul Blazer High School in our hometown of Ashland, KY, in 1980 and was stationed on the USS Saipan when we met on a Blind Date on June 15, 1982. He was stationed at the NAVAL Annex in Arlington, Virginia when we married on June 4, 1983. We chose to discharge from the NAVY in 1985 and settled in Louisville. Bob held a BS in Mgmt. Info. Systems from Sullivan University and an MBA from Webster University. He managed electric distribution at Louisville, Gas and Electric and was with LG&E for 35 years in various positions from IT to Management. On that awful day of October 20,2020, my life profoundly changed, when this amazing man went on to Heaven. Married so young, we literally grew up together. We raised a family together and had a wonderful journey. We weren't ready for it to be over!

After Bob moved to Heaven, I embraced my love of writing as an outlet for grief. I know this is God leading me to honor Bob through using my background and experience to fulfill a new life purpose. Hence, this site is my attempt to share what I learned as a Counselor in education with what I am learning through this experience of walking this earth without him. My mission is to help those in grief move forward to see joy beyond this most painful time.