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Life is not always going to be convenient. Embrace the challenge to be better even though you may suffer some discomfort in the short run. Meaningful growth rarely happens by accident, one must be intentional to move forward.

A U.S. Army base in the state of Virginia has been renamed Fort Greg-Adams to honor two pioneers who persevered to serve the nation honorably, oftentimes under less than honorable social conditions mandated by culture and law. The honorees, Lt. General James Greg was the first black military officer to achieve the rank of Lieutenant General; while Lieutenant Colonel Charity Adams Earley was the first black woman to become a commissioned officer in the Army’s Womens Auxiliary Corps and given the ground breaking task of leading a specialized unit of women on a special project overseas during World War II.

The emergence of a new class of employees has been created. Those known as digital nomads are employed worldwide outside of a traditional office. Instead, they work from disparate locations from a personal computer. In general these oftentimes, highly skilled workers have no fixed position. Some work from home or other domestic location, while others may be found anywhere in the world. The primary requirement is a suitable environment and employer who allows remote work and a good internet connection.

Young adults are still trying to mature in many cases, years after they technically become adult. Conflicts with parents in adulthood need to be handled differently than in an earlier environment where one is clearly the parent while the other is a minor.

Meet a wingman to an entire school system who quietly contributed to the upward growth of her school family during her life and beyond.