My Little Bag of Sunshine

I just returned from the Florida AWHONN Section conference that was held in Jacksonville, Florida.  As part of the leadership team for Florida AWHONN I was a part of a   leadership meeting prior to the conference starting and we were each given a beautiful bag with our name on it and some very colorful pieces of blank paper!

Our Florida Section leader, Dr. Shannon Morse, asked us each to write something about each of the other leaders around the table.  It could be anything, something you liked about them, some thing they do that has inspired you, something that they did!  We had a few hours to write our thoughts and then deposit them in each other's bags.   It sort of reminded me of valentines day a long time ago when I was in school and we did this with our valentines day cards!   

When you are surrounded with so many amazing women that you do not get to see every day, but know they are all making a difference in their communities promoting the health and well being of women and newborns, you have a lot to say about them.  These are some pretty special women to me.   

Tonight, I made it home from the conference and sat in my bed, opened my beautiful bag and read my colored pieces of paper from my friends and it really touched my heart and made me smile.   It also made me think.  We all need to reach out and touch the people who make a difference in the lives of others.  Tell them that they make a difference. I will strive to do this more often.  

A lovely experience that you had us do, Shannon! I am very inspired once again at AWHONN!