As I have said before, being a mom means wearing several different hats. When you are the mother (or parent, dads can wear many hats too!) of a special needs child your hat wardrobe expands even more! I know that after the smoke settled with Caleb’s illness, I had to take on new roles that I didn’t feel that I was equipped or educated enough to handle. Apparently the Lord had other plans for me! (How often does that happen to you??) Anyway, I have become a public speaker (have I ever mentioned how terrified I am of speaking in front of people?), a writer (okay, it may not be a book, but my words are still seen by unmet friends!), and an advocate for any and all things that will make life easier not just for our little family, but for others who may be or will go through an ordeal like this.Most recently one of my goals has been to start a support group for children and their families with a brain injury. I was told on more than one occasion that there just wasn’t a need for a … [Read more...]
TweetHandprints for Mother’s Day
By the time y'all read this column, many will have spent yesterday celebrating mothers both here and passed. For those of us with toddlers to teens, we may have been honored with special tokens of love. As a volunteer at a weekly community church program called GoFriends!, I saw first hand oodles of precious crafts from hearts, hand prints, to planted flowers in red solo cups nonetheless, LOL! All were beautiful and carefully crafted by children eager to share their prize with mom on Mother’s Day.With my forth and last little one to climb the ranks of elementary school here in our town, I was thrilled to see my Levi barrel across the church to show me his gift. Unable to wait until the actual day, I was honored with my creation three days early, when he got off the bus for GoFriends!.As he ran down the aisle of the church, I could see the large picture with Levi’s painted hands framing a poem carefully colored by my little artist. From two pews away, I recognized … [Read more...]
TweetFaith and Business 101: 20 Productive Tasks To Do When Internet Connection is Lost
It happens. It's not the end of the world when you lose your Internet connection. When you work online and you depend on your Internet to be working all of the time, it's disheartening when suddenly it disappears on you, but it doesn't mean you can't be productive offline. Here are 20 productive tasks you can do in your business while you wait for your Internet connection to come back: 1. You know that your Internet connection can cut out at any given time and the same goes for your hard drive. Now is the time to get your external hard drive and backup all of your important files, documents, photos and other things that are important to you. Give yourself some peace of mind and do this on a regular basis.2. Brainstorm ideas for your business whether it's for blog posts, writing, marketing campaigns and so on. Two heads are better than one, so call or meet up with a friend or discuss it with your Virtual Assistant.3. Grab a pen and notebook, go outside and start writing the … [Read more...]
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