I just didn’t realize it at the time.
Grandma expected to be invited to events - even if we thought she was already busy.
She insisted it was her right to decline - not our job to assume.
I thought she just wanted to be in the loop; I now realize there may have been more to Grandma’s stand…
Yesterday [...]
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I just found a new friend.
Last night I went to dinner with a woman I met through volunteering.
We’ve spent a few hours together doing a variety of things for our chapter and decided to grab dinner to get to know each other better.
I don’t know about you, but for me, finding new friends feels [...]
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Across my computer screen.
I just got an invitation to electronically attend a friend’s wedding.
The bride and groom have a small group going to an exotic location and will be videocasting live so those of us not traveling can virtually attend.
The bride is a new friend - someone I like quite a bit.
However, given typical [...]
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How well are you working yours?
This weekend I had dinner with Mark LeBlanc, President of the National Speakers Association.
We talked about the secret to success for chapters…
Mark encouraged us to remember the mission of our chapter.
Anything we do should support our mission.
If something doesn’t, why are we doing it?
The next day, Mark, also the author [...]
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At least I would have if I had been driving.
My day started out at a good clip - and was at warp drive by late afternoon.
I had a few curve balls sent my way to test my character.
Eating nails sounded like more fun than my afternoon.
In the midst of it all, I got an [...]
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The pat on the back worked.
Last night, Susan Katz Froning, CEO and President of the Nonprofit Enterprise at Work (NEW) spoke at the Jr. League meeting on the impact of volunteering.
(NEW helps nonprofits succeed.)
Susan shared two major pressures on non-profits:
The expectation for them to solve or take care of major challenges including poverty, race [...]
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It can make showing up worthwhile.
Today I attended a full day of training with some of the Strong Moms Strong Girls team from the Jr. League of Ann Arbor.
We met before dawn to carpool to the event…
Five of us rode together.
I had volunteered with the women for the last few months.
This was a chance to get [...]
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It’s a grey, dreary day so what the heck… I enjoy watching the Ninja Warrior show on G4.
Ninja Warrior is a physical competition based in Japan. The contestants must go through four grueling phases to be called a Ninja Warrior.
They start with 100 competitors.
The competitors face extreme obstacle courses.
Often only one, if any, people make it [...]
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