Front Room/Homeschool Room Makeover

by sdevalve@cedarville.edu // February 2, 2022 // 2 Comments

As most of you know, we own several rental properties that are all on the same street. Each house has a nearly identical layout and square footage. So when we saw our current residence go up for sale and noticed... Continue reading →

The Doldrums of January

by sdevalve@cedarville.edu // January 31, 2022 // No Comments

Doldrums noun a state or period of inactivity, stagnation, or depression. Well, here we are. Crawling across the finish line of January. I don’t mean to be all Debbie Downer, but….that was a TOUGH month. Yeesh. I think I missed... Continue reading →

15 Ways to Pray for Our Police Officers

by sdevalve@cedarville.edu // January 28, 2022 // 4 Comments

**This post was originally published in June of 2020, and I actually got a lot of backlash for writing it. Even now looking back over it, I am not sure why this post was met with so much anger, but... Continue reading →

The Post in Which I Write about our Life in Law Enforcement

by sdevalve@cedarville.edu // January 26, 2022 // 8 Comments

Ok. So, this post has been in my drafts folder for nearly two years. And honestly, the internet for the past two years has not felt like a space that I can be safe enough to share the kinds of... Continue reading →

How to Survive the Police Academy

by sdevalve@cedarville.edu // January 24, 2022 // 6 Comments

**I originally wrote this blog post in the winter of 2017. A lot has happened since then, but I wanted to start out my police blog post series by republishing some of my backlist posts! It was actually fun to... Continue reading →