By rondadevereaux
Last fall, my girl scout troop earned their silver award. Girl Scouts has 3 levels of awards. The Bronze, Silver and Gold Award. In honor of their accomplishment, and to assist them in making their project sustainable, I told them I would do a blog for them. The following are the criteria the girls ...
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By rondadevereaux
Grecilda Lumbay grew up with two sisters and five brothers in the Visayan Islands. She wondered why they did not have meals on time, and it broke her heart when she was sent to temporarily live with an aunt because her parents could not afford food. At 18, Grecilda traveled to Manila to find em...
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By rondadevereaux
As we approach Mother’s Day this year, I would like to share with you a story of a remarkable woman named Nenita Asilom. Through her love as a mother, and with the help of Mentors International, Nenita triumphed. Nenita she knew she wanted more for her children. She was eight years old when her ...
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By rondadevereaux
I had the honor of meeting with some of the staff of Mentors International this week. They contacted Today's Mama about doing a blog (or two) for them about an upcoming fundraiser (more on that later). As I talked with Susan and Adriano, it was obvious that they have a passion and heart for ...
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By rondadevereaux
Mother's Day is just around the corner. All of us are usually on the giving and receiving end of flowers, candy, knick-knacks and the like. We get taken out to dinner so we don't have to cook. I don't know about you, but our national holidays can leave me feeling exhausted. What if there wer...
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By rondadevereaux
The girls of Troop 2149 got together and looked at some of the issues facing girls today. After some brainstorming, they came up with the idea to create a series of puppet shows based on these issues and perform them for our Service Unit Daycamp. They had over 60 girls in attendance. Get some popc...
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By rondadevereaux
You are invited!
"My Best Self" Quickstart Workshop
April 27 ~ 9:00-3:00
Layton Utah
What do you think of when you hear the words “My Best Self”? What vision does your busy little mind conjure up? Do you see Positive Polly or Skinny Minny? Are you inclined to jump to the physical aspects o...
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By rondadevereaux
I had my annual holiday meltdown today. You know the meltdown that occurs when you are trying to coordinate, forecast and get a general consensus on what is going to happen during the holiday season. Fortunately for me (and my family) I usually only have one (OK, maybe two).
I have always lov...
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By rondadevereaux
Gotta love the shoes, eh? I wear them when I teach. To me, they symbolize the journey that I have been on and just how far I have come. I have got to tell you that Dorothy's shoes had nuthin' on these! (Mine are magic too....)
This past weekend, I had the honor of speaking to some wonderful...
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By rondadevereaux
Last week I received an email from KPCW, a local Utah radio station. They had read the “Stay At Home Dads Rock” blog I did last year and wanted to interview my husband and me about our experience. Check out this link to KCPW if you would like to listen to our interview.
That blog was a...
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