Talk to Me Please...for parents!

I just came back from speaking at McClintock HS for the NPLB grant that Kay Cosner puts on. The parent attendance, once again, very low. There were a total of 9. That’s 6 students, 4 students all girls brought by their ‘nana’ (isn’t that amazing), a counselor from Tempe HS and an actual parent who came because the parents from the last event raved about the message and said, “you gotta go!”. Now, that’s cool.

It rocked. It truly did. I absolutely love speaking like nothing else too! I drove out of the school lot reminiscing about the ‘days’ when I spoke at that campus after Planned Parenthood showed the students the banana condom trick. Wow 18 years later. Now I hear things tonight like, “7 minutes in heaven” game done by jr high students along with “sex in the jr high girls bathroom” recently at Gililland Jr High. These kids are experiencing so much and really too much. One of the older girls, 17, came up to me and said, “I’m so glad you mentioned secondary virginity tonight. That stuck right here” ( pounding her chest with her fist and a big smile on her face) and then whispered “cuz I was raped a few years ago so I’m taking that to heart”. I took a picture of the girls with their Nana.

When I talked about ‘risk takers’ the 6th grade girl rolled a 6 on her die, which stands for relationships are affected. I talked about how the relationships closest to her would be affected if they found out you ‘went too far’ with a guy. She almost started crying cuz her Nana was there and she loves her sooo much. You see, earlier, we talked about gifts and just how much we love getting gifts! I asked everyone to share some of their favorite gifts they remember…the 6th grade girl shot her arm up so fast and shouted, “My nana is MY gift” and pointed to her. Wow. I could just end the evening after that one.

your divine valentine

Make a postcard - it's easy!

Happy New Year

Well, we rang in the new year at our house, sort of. We watched the ball drop in New York at 10pm. That gave everyone a chance to get home early or still go to another party somewhere.


Not only was it new years eve, but it was my good friend Eryn Watson's birthday! Her Golden Birthday, 31 on the 31st.











We grilled brats & burgers and had Guitar Hero competitions. Everyone said they had a good time. I hope so, because I sure did!

My son and I watching his friend Dusty play for the Sundogs!! Great seats, free tickets and a packed stadium! We saw three fights within 10 minutes. Dusty was called up to play for the NHL's Chicago Black Hawks on Chirstmas morning!

what's in the box?

It's the day before Christmas & mom and gigi put together this present; it took hours as you can see. The gift came from both grandparents and was her bday gift and Christmas gift combined. Here's Kylie quessing what might be in it and insisting that 'we' stay right here until Christmas. What's in the box? A pink tree?

Nat'l Abstience Clearinghouse

http://www.abstinence.net/library/index.php?entryid=3537
A write up from the National Abstinence Clearinghouse about speaking in Ukraine schools on abstinence until marriage was posted! Check it out!

iron girl

the sky was blue today, even though the past few days have been cold and rainy, and we ran a 5K at Tempe Town Lake. It was fun! There was 2000 participants! Kimmi did it with me so we did the "mother daughter run" Ah, very special. So I kept up with Kimmi's pace which is good and never once stoped for my 1 minute breaks. father of love, thank you for gift of my daughter and spending this special time with her and the ability to run wihtout injuries. we give You our lives...