Category Gareth speaks in General

Special Needs

I know the pain of being a special needs child parent, particularly for those whose child appears normal by most. You don’t want your child viewed by others as peculiar. You recognize that there is a special stigmatism placed on people with special needs, and you don’t want your children to live under them. You […]

Basic Rice Pilaf

RICE PILAF One of the first “gourmet” dishes I  learned to make was rice pilaf.  I borrowed a cookbook from one of my aunts, shortly after high school, because I wanted to learn how to cook for myself.  I used it over the years, eventually tweaking it to use organic ingredients.  It is one of […]

Daniel Fast Vegetable Broth

The first chapter of the book of Daniel tells the tale of Daniel and his three friends, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, along with many young men of noble birth from the sons of Israel and Babylon, selected to serve before Babylonian king, Nebuchannezar.  The young men, selected for their looks and wisdom, were to be […]

Take-Out @ Home Coming Soon

I know it has been some time since my last post.  Life has suddenly gotten much more complicated and busy, both of which are good things because I needed to get busy and face complication.  Haha, really.  The Word of God says, in the first chapter of James’ epistle: 2 My brethren, count it all joy […]

Change of Address

This is to alert all my followers to the new address for “The World According to GAR.”  It is now garethspeaks.com. Tune in to see what Gareth speaks about next.  I don’t even know…

Please Stay Tuned

I know that it’s been awhile since my last post, but I will be back very soon.  I have a lot of information that I’ve been gathering, but have not had the opportunity to formalize as yet. Thank you for your patience.  I promise to not disappoint.

Updates

It has certainly been a long time since I updated my blog (close to a year), but here are the highlights. I am now a fully certified teacher and I enjoy it! I work at an alternative education school as the middle school teacher, which has its own special challenges, but I am ready for […]

INTRODUCTION

Who is Gareth?  Logical question, and why should you read my blog?  That part, I can’t answer, but I can talk about who I am and what might drive my blog. I’ll try to write this in the order of importance to me.  First, I am a Christian.  No, I am not one of those […]