Rewards

Funny Story (Mini Version)

My wonderful as well as incredibly amazing boss that I have worked with for the past three and a half years made a trip to Salt Lake to the Utah Independent Living Center for me and one of my colleagues on the Speakers Network to present on the importance of how self determination is for everyone along with the value of when you volunteer in your community to plan their own path to happiness. To make this long story short---Me and my colleague were searching high and low for their misplaced car keys that had gotten themselves put somewhere else without having realized what was going on prior to this. Obviously, I never noticed their car keys missing the entire time we were together today and mysteriously disappeared out of nowhere. We didn't even think twice about not knowing if those keys would show up somewhere in that independent living center and just simply guessing that someone had accidentally picked them up off the ground, not having known how very important set of keys were when we needed them. It felt like an eternity trying to look underneath stuff on tables, in the back of the room as well as in the front with no keys in sight. After searching for what seemed like forever, we headed outside and I immediately asked about if those keys had gotten left inside of the bag with the rest of the prizes we had for our BINGO game earlier?? Well, sure enough for us they were right inside of it and we were able to get me back to the frontrunner station in perfect time. I was able to get the biggest hug ever along with a trip to get an ice cream cone for all of my hard work in trying to search for those missing car keys!!! I definitely felt like we should have had one of my legit colleagues from USILC with us to get an ice cream cone because they have worked tremendously hard to get all of these mini leadership conferences underway. (I mean-- I was not going to leave them out of this one and hopefully in the distant future, We can include them to enjoy an ice cream cone with us!!!) 

Both Presentations (Self Determination & Volunteering - A Path To Happiness)

I genuinely enjoyed the opportunity to present on both of these topics and getting to inspire advocates with disabilities to believe in themselves as well as follow their dreams. I am so grateful we were able to do this all over again and bring smiles to the faces of people we do these presentations for. I am truly grateful for the privilege of being able to motivate self advocates and professionals to know there are so many resources for them to look into when it comes to their future. I also love presenting on the topic of volunteering in the community and the benefits that come along with it, which if you ask me is just one step away from making an impact for not only yourself but others as well. I am so grateful for the very heartfelt message this presentation has in my life and knowing we can always reach out to people when they need help or just simply finding people we know that can help us give back to the community. I am thankful for any chance that I've had to give back to people and with all of the endless leadership roles-- I have right now in my life is just nothing short of a dream come true. It has left an imprint on my heart to always remember when it comes to the simplistic things in life, lending a hand is not ever a bad idea for anyone to give themselves a shot at :) 

November 6, 2021 - Best Friend's Wedding Day

My best friend Camille will be officially tying the knot on this day in about three months time, but I am so excited for her to begin this new chapter of her life with someone that she genuinely loves so much. I am so grateful that me, my twin sister and our best friends get to be her bridesmaids for her wedding day and none of us could not be more than excited about this!!! I am incredibly grateful for her friendship in my life so much and the example she is to not be afraid to prove others wrong never ceases to amaze me in more ways than one!!! I am very anxious for this special day to arrive and seeing all of it unfold within a few short months. Their reception will take place at Sleepy Ridge which is a beautiful wedding venue in Orem and I promise to have more specific details about this to come at a later date!!! 

Upcoming Events (Fall) 

I genuinely still have no more further information with regards to the upcoming youth leadership committee training that begins late next month. I am very grateful for any chance that comes into my path to not surpass it up and immediately go after it with no questions asked. I am truly lucky to work alongside such an incredible group of people who are so dedicated into making their goals become a reality and not just thinking it is a good idea. Whether or not the RSL stuff even happens, I am just going to feel lucky in getting to share this experience with my friends and make new memories that we will remember forever.