Read My Blog
Come explore stories about communication, connection, and the beautifully complicated business of being human. Some of what I write comes from my experience behind the 911 console, others come from everyday life. Each one is an invitation to try to see each other, and ourselves, a little more clearly. We’re all in this together.
A Telecommunicator’s Thoughts on International Overdose Awareness Day
A Telecommunicator’s Thoughts on International Overdose Awareness Day Everybody has different ways their mind works so some emergency telecommunicators will tell you they remember all
My Meal Is Still in the Oven: On Faith, Courage, and Confidence
My Meal Is Still in the Oven: On Faith, Courage, and Confidence This summer my friend asked me to write something for him about confidence
Why Dispatchers Ask So Many Questions
Why Do Dispatchers Ask So Many Questions? I worked for years as a public safety telecommunicator, or dispatcher, if you want. After years of answering
Ten Things I Hate About Your Test
I was watching some program on the television once, and it was talking about how people train to be professional counterfeit identifiers by studying real
Breakroom Blues
(This is meant to be sung.) One day I was hired, I thought, what a great place to work! But nobody warned me, no sir,