And
then Brisa wrote a mail to her favorite magazine (KP tidning) and said she
would like to be in an article about "blowing glass" WITH her
brothers. And yesterday the magazine called and booked her for the
article....ahahha....and I didn't know anything about it......all
right.....day's wake-up call they are becoming more and more independent, my
little babies! ♥♥♥
How is that for
initiative? And don't you just love that she included her (younger!) brothers?
Think about it: you're a magazine editor and you get an e-mail like that from
one of your readers. Totally irresistible, right?
There's a lesson to be
learned here. Figure out what you want and then make it happen. I had that
spirit as a youngster. Many of my friends did too. When I was in high school,
for example, a group of us wrote and put on a musical the proceeds of which
went to Willowbrook Hospital, a mental institution that was the subject of an
exposé for deplorable conditions at the time. We also had a Playbill (theater
program) for which we sold ads. I canvassed many neighborhood stores and got
them to put ads in our program. It was the first Playbill in the school's
history that actually turned a profit.
That's one of the things
I love about Mattecentrum (The Math Center) where I do volunteer work helping
students with mathematics. Today the team hosted an end of term open house at
their office in Östermalm. It was invigorating and inspiring to be around these
"youngsters" (hey, at my age they are still youngsters to me) who
have built up an organization that helps more than 3000 students a year in nine
cities around Sweden, and two in Denmark, not to mention innumerable students
online. And they're funny and warm to boot.
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Hur många vuxen poäng får du ihop?
Avslutningsmingel på Mattecentrum...the Math Center end of term mingle
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