Seconds Please!: Another Helping to a Dream Come True

When you have a really good home cooked plate, such as with the whole family on Mother's Day, you might be really excited about all of the tasty options, so you try everything and grab as much as you can. But when you are allowed a second helping, you kind of know what to expect and your choices narrow in on what you love the very best on the menu. 

Well this Mother's Day Weekend, I was allowed a second taste of The Dream Girls Mentoring Program Community Baby Shower. You may recall from this time last year how completely taken I had been in my first unique experience. The 1st Annual Event was the very beginning of my outreach experience. In order to fulfill my Safe to Sleep Champion requirement, I secured a vendor table on the far right corner to the left. I set up "The Education Station" and displayed Safe to Sleep, March of Dimes and Stork's Nest information. But above all, I shared The Safe to Sleep Demo for the first time in my little corner.

The Safe Sleep Demo at The 1st Annual Community Baby Shower

You can only imagine my excitement as this demonstration attracted the attention of several teenage moms! In fact, at times, beautiful young ladies would surround my display with bellies deep and wide, who really keyed in to what I had to share! I remember thinking to myself:

Wow, I wish I could give them  something valuable like a Sleepsack...

You know, the Bible says in Psalms 126:1

When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream

Just one year later, GOD has turned things around. I'm pinching myself over here!

It first began when I was selected to sit on The Board of Advisers for Dream Girl's Mentoring Program this year. Let's just say I really embraced the role! Fast forward to this weekend: we had a table at the very same corner as last year!

The Education Station Revamped with new Children's Books
Made possible by our Sponsor Funmi Famodu and Osborne Books!

Yes, this time I came with AN ENTOURAGE :p

Working as a Team with Bee Quest Scholar, Kansola
and MM "My #1" ready to help

We are honored to have the amazing support of individuals sponsors, area businesses and powerful advocates for mothers and babies!

The Mommies may have seen my face, but they truly felt and now have your heart! 

THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU GAVE!!!!!

Amazing messages on Wellness sponsored by All is Well Inspire
And we learned that the best and most effective birth control is not just
Abstinence, but truly Sexual Purity, brought to us by The Worth The Wait Revolution.
And our Baby Ready Jeopardy Games was made possible by the NutriBee Bee Quest Scholar Program
And B'more for Healthy Babies Baby Basics Prenatal Education Resource!

And the most exciting of all is that new, seasoned, and expectant Mommies shared their knowledge of Safe Sleep and were rewarded!

Conducting The Safe Sleep Demonstration WORKSHOP!

Now, just a year later, we are engaging people in real Baby and Safe Sleep conversations all over Baltimore City!

Could I be dreaming? 

If I am, please don't wake me up! 

Just one year later and here we are 

"Putting Hands and Feet on the Words we Speak"

So my question to you Dear Friends: Are YOU In? 

Stop saying. Start being. Together, Together, Together Inspiration Acts!

Grateful,
-tia
05/10/14