Toastmasters International

by Molly Jo Realy @MollyJoRealy

Toastmasters International. It’s an organization I’d been thinking of joining for a few years now. What with the public speaking thingy and the writing thingy and the now-I-work-in-sales thingy, it’s prob’ly not a bad idea to do the train-to-be-a-better-speaker thingy. And maybe stop saying thingy. Yah. Not.

So, you know those times when things keep pointing you in a certain direction? What do you think it means if you’re at a national writers conference and the speaker tells you to get involved with a group like Toastmasters? And then you go to your local … read the rest. . .

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Dandelions

by Molly Jo Realy @MollyJoRealy

Let’s set this record straight right now: Dandelions are not a weed. Okay, some may think so. But no. They’re classified as a flower. #truestory

At my first Blue Ridge conference, I delighted in finding a few dandelions.

At my return a year later, an entire field welcomed me.

They bring me back to my childhood.

I used to make dandelion wreaths for my hair, like all the girls on the block.

If your chin turns yellow when you hold a dandelion underneath it, it means you’re in love.

Once, we let them grow for … read the rest. . .

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