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Branching Out - Consulting on the Side

4/17/2013

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As part of my continued effort to evolve professionally and academically, I am going to start offering consulting services. I've got a lot of experience in a lot of different areas that could really benefit businesses and organizations here. And while my priority is always SANE, this will allow me to explore my interests and hone my skills in politics, the law, business and other favorite past-times. Contact me if you think my expertise might fit your needs.

More information about consulting services can be found HERE.

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Whoa baby - Some days are just more eventful than others...

10/2/2012

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Holy moly....I was elected President of the Otero County Health Council today. Planning......


...Also, I completed my first exam, did media work for the Quality of Life tax issue on the ballot, worked on programs for the Friends of the Library and still managed to find time to actually work :) 
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Words & No Words

3/30/2012

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Tonight I am thinking about TJ Ordich. I didn't know him. I had never heard his name until he died a few days ago. And yet, I have cried continuously throughout the night over a boy who I never had the pleasure to meet. This evening there was a memorial service at Washington Park and hundreds of mostly high school students attended. I saw some of that service through another's eyes as I edited a memorial video for TJ. As I was working through the video, the song "Sorrow" by Bad Religion sprang to mind and I couldn't let it go. "And there will be sorrow no more." I  wish peace for TJ's family and friends, knowing that it will be a hard journey. 

So, I'm sitting at my computer, thinking about my life - the hard years of being a teenager and my role now as a mother. I remember my teen years. They really weren't that bad, but I remember feeling such tremendous pain and anguish over fights and friendships and boys. Remember when you broke up in high school and it felt like a knife was ripping through your chest? It's really not that much different today as an adult, except that I have 20 years of life experience that tells me these feelings will pass. I call my friends. I cry. I hurt. But then I stand back up and move into the next phase of life. When a young person dies, it makes us all sad. We think, "if only they had realized that this too shall pass." But I remember those days when it was impossible to understand or accept that fact. 

A couple of years ago, I helped start a group called "Start the Dialogue" - a gathering of women, young and old, to discuss issues ranging from peer pressure to self-image. The group was primarily focused on giving teenage girls a safe forum and a voice, but it also gave the older women in the room a place to examine their lives. In the end, we had women ranging from 13 to 60+ years old teaching each other, learning from each other and listening. It is an amazing group. Tonight I am thinking about one of the topics from that group - "Three Adults You Can Trust." Here's a challenge - who are the three adults you can trust, the ones you go to when you have a problem or something goes wrong? Do our children know who those people are? Do we as adults? 

On this very sad night, I am thinking about ways to change our community. To give people, young and old, a voice. To help them feel safe in their homes, schools and social groups To help them know that this too shall pass, and to give them hope when it seems like the end of the world. It's important to tell our loved ones that they are loved, but we need to go one step further and open our hearts and our ears to the people we see everyday. These people are our "community" - even when we don't get along, have the same interests or exist in the same social circles. We need to reach out to one another - not just those who are close to us, but those who are not - and give them love and support. So that the next time the teenagers you know - or the mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, cousins, friends - will understand that they have someone they can come to and that there is always another option. 

A quote from the Golden Girls (one of my all-time favorite shows): "we are not in this world for peace." This statement was made to remind someone that, even though times can be rough, we have to keep on moving forward in life. I think we could find a way to do this with love. 

May you have love. Rest in peace Timothy Joshua Ordich. 
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Centennial, Webcasts and more - The first week in January 2012

1/3/2012

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It's the 3rd day of the New Year and boy is there a lot on my plate! On January 6 - just 3 short days from now - we will be broadcasting our first episode of On the Spot, our community news and events show. This show is going to highlight some of the wonderful things about Alamogordo - events, businesses, charities, etc. I think everyone is going to learn a little something they didn't know before about our community (especially the girls and I - we are introduced to new things everyday). Hope you will all tune in!

Also this Friday, we kick-off Alamogordo's year-long celebration of the state centennial. On January 6, 1912, New Mexico became the 47th state of the Union and in accordance we will be raising the 47-star flag (note: this flag was never "official" as Arizona became a state just a month later, before the flag was made official which usually happens in July - enjoy this bit of New Mexico trivia folks!).

Looking forward to a splendid new year and hope to see lots of you out at the Tularosa Basin Historical Society Museum on Friday, 10:30am, for the flag raising and other festivities.
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