Tuesday, November 25, 2008

still tootin'

Doodle Bug comes home today, with the paperwork for this:

"Junior Leadership Seminar (JLS) is a DoDDS-E sponsored 6-day event for 7th and 8th grade students. The vision of JLS is to prepare and develop positive leaders to become effective decision makers and visionaries in a global society. This activity identifies and develops leadership skills in students that allow them to return to their schools and implement a service project at the school. The goal is to prepare our future leaders of tomorrow.

Each year over 100 students throughout Europe, who exhibit leadership skills, are selected by their schools to attend the Junior Leadership Seminar."

She was nominated by an 8th grade teacher!!
She's in 7th grade!!!
And...naturally...
SHE
DOESN'T
WANT
TO
DO
IT
yup...she says she doesn't want to go away for a week...
to a resort in Germany-
where she is empowered to make the world
our world
HER world
a better place.

oh my stars this child will be the life and death of me!
so so SO proud of her, I am-
completely stymied, by her reluctance
completely awed, by her goodness
completely humbled, by, her

did I mention that I love my daughter?
she is everything that I was too afraid to be
the possibilities for her are open and endless

umarmen und lieben Dolls
Momma

3 comments:

Diane Mandy said...

What an honor! Is there any chance she'd change her mind?

essie said...

she's going!
I already strong armed the poor thing-this is too important to pass up!
:)
you'll see with the "future olives in your drink"...sometimes when Momma says you're doin it, you do it!
Happy Thanksgiving Diane!

e said...

oooh. good. so glad you changed her mind for her. def too important to pass on. Dollie girl...you are amazing!!!

stuck in TN on the way to NC. :( the truck wasn't enjoying the mountains I guess. that means we won't be there till midnight :( boooo. missing you.
happy thanksgiving love. xxxxe