Upcoming Speaking Engagements

With the new year brings many new opportunities for me to share my story. I'm so very excited about all of these and want to let you know about a few of them:
January 4th Abundant Life Church, River Falls WI 10:00 AM (896 State Road 65)
January 7th River Falls High School Diversity class
January 14th Woodbury Highschool Leadership class
January 27th Salvation Army of Brown County, Green Bay WI
February 4th Mayo Clinic Nursing Retention Event
February 7th Faith Community Women's Conference, Hudson WI

I invite you all to come hear me speak January 4th, as the rest are closed engagements or registration is needed.
Thanks!

Merry Christmas!

I want to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! My Christmas was great! It was filled with family, laughter, giving, and most of all celebrating the birth of Jesus! I love this time of year! I tell everyone that I wish I could keep my Christmas tree up all year round; and the reason for it is because of how much I wish all year could be celebrated like this time of year. When we were growing up, my mom would get so excited to play Christmas music on her new contraption; the CD player. It would take her a few days to figure out how to use the thing again, and then we'd hear Elvis singing "Blue Christmas." Though Elvis was not very cool when I was listening to him, he had a song that just melted my heart titled "If Everyday Was Like Christmas" and the older I get the more I love the song. The concept of the song is self explanatory by the title; yet it tells about peace, cheer, and giving. Of course, I don't enjoy hearing of rude shoppers trampling down an employee, and how out of control spending has gotten; yet the part of christmas that I love is being with family and friends, giving to others, and just reflecting on God's love. If we could focus on those three things all year round I believe our world would be a better place. So, i'm challenging myself to not lose the Christmas spirit but to carry it with me everyday all year round; will you challenge yourself also?