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Making Assisted Living on Guam a reality. #assistedliving #continuumofcare #makeithappen #takeoff #leapoffaith #klieglight #theklieglight #magaspatriotgroup #palmridgeinn #macrosocialwork #buildit #eldercare #manamko #guam🇬🇺 #seniorcare (at Palmridge Inn Guam, USA)

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The banner has arrived. This is getting really real! #klieglight #theklieglight #crushingit #dreamsdocometrue #swmicronesia #macrosocialwork

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He wanted to "freak out mommy." #sunshine #fatherandsonday #underwaterworld #funday #bestsonever (at Underwater World Guam)

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I guess if I can't be there, live streaming is the next-best thing. #klieglight #theklieglight #jimmybuffett #changesinattitudeschangesinlatitudes

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Love the hair. He's been going non-stop for over an hour. 40 minutes left and hopefully he'll leave some energy behind...yeah, right. #guam🇬🇺 #playportguam #beakid #sundayfun #fatherandsonday (at Playport)

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Christmas in July. They kept passing for another 20-30 seconds. #guam🇬🇺 #theklieglight #christmasinjuly #livetoride #harleydavidson

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5K finish line.

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Getting ready for Agat Mango Festival 2K with my favorite person.

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Treats like this are why I love doing home visits.

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Finished product. My 6-year-old helped with the juicing and told me: "Share on Facebook, Daddy, so people know we're being healthy. We have to be healthy for our island."

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Back to class...

I’ve been completely silent since returning from my on-campus DSW residency in St. Paul, Minnesota. I’m happy to report I did well in my first class (A) on History of Social Work and my paper on the history of social work education in Micronesia was well-received. Now it’s time to flesh it out, editeditedit, and get it out there in the world. 

We’re several weeks into our next course (History of Social Work Education), and it has been a challenge to balance everything going on. I am fortunate to have great students this semester who make classes a job. Work is another issue, but that’s another rant for another time. 

We’re in our unique election cycle here on Guam. We don’t have the right to vote for president, so on non-gubernatorial election years (like 2016), the focus is on Senatorial races. Politics is one of Guam’s local sports and is, for me, fascinating. Our local NASW chapter is finally getting more involved in the political process this year, which I hope is the start of something consistent and ongoing. 

That’s it for now. My son’t first futbol (soccer) game of the season is this morning. Then back to reading, studying, research, and so on...