Dear Readers,
I have had one of the busiest summers I've had in a while, which is why I have totally dropped the ball. I just realized it's been since June when I wrote last. We've been visited by five of the loveliest girls in all of Germany, attended Lifest in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, shown them Chicago, the Mall of America, and oodles of festivals and various outdoor venues to be had in Summertime in Wisconsin. The highlight of my summer was to see the Budweiser Clydesdales in Peshtigo, Wisconsin. Even made a side trip to the fire museum there, to learn about their historically famous fire of 1871.
My dear husband told me not to worry about finding part-time work this summer so that I could concentrate on the needs of said German girls, just in case. I looked forward to spending time on developing my book and learning everything I can about being a speaker. I didn't get as much writing done as I wanted to, but I spent hours digging into internet searches, new books, web pages, sound bites, and pictures. Who knew picking out business cards, ingredients for a web page, and studying other speakers could be so exhausting-ly exhilarating! I am so pumped!
I've also learned how much I love kids. I can't help but watch other speakers do what they do and see the expressions on the faces of the audience, and say, I wanna do that! I want to reach kids like that! '
And...I can honestly say I'm ready to go back to school...to work myself out of a job....and into a career.
Our kids need a reason to stay in school, pay attention to their studies, make educating themselves like attaining treasure, and giving them a reason to protect themselves by "being educated." Secondly, someone has got to get through to our girls, re-define beauty, re-invent self-respect, and make modesty the new normal.I wonder how many of them will be shocked when I tell them I believe in waiting before marriage for sex, not because of moral reasons, but for self-preservation....What do you think?
