Giving Birth

Today I helped give birth to a huge baby -- our new state family child care association. On the way home from Little Rock my friend Teresa and I tossed around ideas for a birth announcement for the association. She mentioned that babies need to have help to grow. Our new AFCCA will need a lot of nurturing, some guidance, $$, and people to make the committment. The nineteen people who were there today were willing to give of themselves on a Sat. to come out and find out about AFCCA, and further committed to work to help get AFCCA set up and going. It was an overwhelming experience being part of something so complex and so important. I met some terrific people today. My dear friend Debbie who made this dream become reality wasn't able to be there. She was doing something much more important -- staying close to her mom and dad while they are going through her dad's severe illness. She wasn't with us physically but the words "Debbie Mays" were coming out of people's mouths all morning long. She was with us every step of the way. "Debbie envisioned...." "Debbie wanted..." "Debbie would like..." "Debbie did...." The only person who has a board position at this point in time is Debbie. I'm a little concerned about the desire to piggy back the next state association meeting with a conference in Ft. Smith. I don't quite see how that could work. I will make the phone calls to check into it, but I just don't see how it will work.