I love my work with special children and am very grateful to do work I love.

Learning is my favorite luxury, including learning pieces of new cultures through travel.

My wife, Ronda, my son, Isaac, my daughter, Alexis, and my son-in-law, Tom, are all wonderful people and I am SO blessed to have them as my family!

I cook for fun and pleasure, and walking is my favorite outdoor activity.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have loved the other peer sites we have used, and especially the wonderful people we have met, and I am excited to try this one. I am looking for more options for travel, as we continue to travel.

Please check out my AirBnB profile if you are a member there, and if you are not, I have included some of the reviews of myself and my family from that site.

Great guests, really enjoyed having them to stay and would happily recommend to other hosts.

July 2016

Michelle and Rhonda were very nice people. They are both happy, friendly and positive. I had no issues with them as guests - good communication and left everything as they found it - even adding to the kitchen utensils. I highly recommend them.

March 2016

Michelle and Ronda were enjoyable guests and very considerate. They left their room very tidy. Would recommend them as house guests. Sharon and Yarn

March 2016

Michelle and her familiy were staying with us for a month. It was an absolute pleasure to have them to stay in our house. Very warm and friendly, good sense of humor and ecxellent travellers. They were fantastic guests. Easy going, great comunicators. We miss you already, please come and see us again. Thank you so much for staying. You would welcome you any time.

November 2015

It was great to host Michelle and her family. Great communication and lovely attitude. Happily recommended!

June 2015

Michelle and Rhonda are great guests. They are very open and friendly, and it was like hosting family. Communication was excellent. I did not feel that I had to provide additional breakfast items (they are on a particular diet) as they took care of themselves, even bringing their own chilly bin with them stuffed with food. Highly recommended as guests to other AirBnB hosts.

June 2015

Some people are just special, some people are just wonderful some people are a gift and a light to this world, Michelle and her beloved Ronda are some of those people. Oh what a treat and a blessing for me to get the chance to meet these lovely ladies. You meet some people for the first time in this life time then you realize they are just very old friends you have not seen for a long time. Better yet they are FAMILY, my beloved sisters back home in my life. Some people are good, some people are better these ladies are the best of the best. My life, my love and my home is theirs to share anytime they so desire.

September 2014

Interests

• cooking
• traveling
• learning

Music, Movies, and Books

Tripping Over the Truth by Travis Christofferson

Allen Carr's Easy Way to Quit Smoking

Happiness is a Choice by Barry Neal Kaufman

Kids Beyond Limits by Anat Baniel

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Paddleboarded for the first time, at night, on the bioluminescent bay in Vieques Puerto Rico!

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to do each of these, teach, learn, and share, and find that listening to others share their experiences is a wonderful way for me to begin to do so.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories, especially about the different beliefs I have come to have about learning.
Help with helping and loving people with autism, cancer, and diabetes.
My loving and accepting attitude.
Giggles.
Book suggestions from the latest books I am reading.
Parenting ideas - they work either way - either they make sense or they don't but either way they clarify your choices :-)
Cooking, I am a great sous chef, I love to cook and will do my best to follow instructions.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain