I made a beautiful and heartfelt connection with a “heavenly” woman at the eWomen conference in Dallas last month. Heidi is the Heidi behind Heidi’s Heavenly Cookies out of Atlanta Georgia. She sat down next to me for lunch on Friday and we began talking about blogs and the connections one can make online. Our …
Author Archives: Camilla
The Girl Named Etozes
(©Artwork by Lillian – All Rights Reserved) Thought we’d share another of Lillian’s short stories with everyone. Stost The girl named Etozes and she is 3 years old and she likes fairys. And she don’t like pust-up (I asked Lillian what she meant here – she meant “throwing up”). And she like to be marry …
Thank you Barb Hranilovich
I have connected with a multi-talented and wonderful woman through my StartUp Ladies site. Her name is Barb Hranilovich and she is one awesome lady. Lillian and I made this “Thank You” video just for her. The fairy house in the video is very special as Barb makes them. She visited our Pink Elephant Books …
Once Upon A Time
(©Artwork by Lillian – All Rights Reserved) While we were camping this past weekend Lillian wrote a short story. She did this completely on her own and was very proud of herself. Toest Tost Once upon a time a girl named Toest and she liked to be marryed and the boy’s name was Tost and …
Discover Your Child’s Passion
(©Artwork by Lillian – All Rights Reserved) One sure fire way to get to know your child’s likes, dislikes, passions and strengths is to take them on a date. I have a once a month regularly scheduled date with Thomas and Lillian. I took Lillian on her date this past weekend. Lillian’s favorite date activities …
The Storm is Coming
The wind was blowing the other day at a pretty good rate and Lillian decided to write a story. I asked if we could share it with all of you, so here it is! Again, I am not editing her grammar and punctuation! The Storm is Coming – By Lillian Oh! It is rain! Oh! …
Pappaw Knows Everything
Here’s a Lillian NewsFlash for everyone! Pappaw Frank knows everything! I can’t remember what we were talking about; but, I thought this was newsworthy. I sure do remember thinking this about my grandparents when I was Lillian’s age. At some point thinking they knew everything faded; but, I tell you what as you get older …
Mindmapping What Thomas Likes
(Click on image to enlarge) A couple of months ago I read David Allen‘s book Getting Things Done. It was packed full of useful information and has helped me get clarity and focus with every project on which I work. One of the suggestions in his book is to Mindmap (brainstorm). Lillian observed me doing …
A Crab Bit Me
Time for another Lillian NewsFlash! As I was putting her sunscreen on this morning I noticed a small bug bite on her arm. It was just a small red bump; so, I thought it was maybe a mosquito bite. When I picked Lillian up from camp it had gotten much worse looking. I decided it …
Rain in Reno
(©Art by Lillian – All Rights Reserved) (Click on image to enlarge) Here’s a drawn NewsFlash from Lillian for this past Memorial Day weekend. It does rain here every once in a while; but, this carried on for days. So, Lillian decided to draw a picture to document this newsworthy event. The picture depicts the …