Talking Tough Topics

 

I know it’s been awhile since I have written here. I guess I should start by saying, HI! I really do have a good reason for neglecting my blog, I promise. I’ve been busy working on a really awesome project, that I am very proud of!

In my professional life, I am the Provincial Manager for an amazing Not-For-Profit/Charity program called Life With a Baby. “Life With A Baby” is a program offered by Healthy Start, Healthy Future, a not-for-profit organization whose goal is to provide ongoing practical and emotional peer-based support for new and expecting parents, and parents of children up to the age of six. We offer informational seminars and programs, open forums, and fun social events.

About 6 weeks ago, I learned that the community I grew up in, lost a little girl named Aja Chandler, to a dangerous game that children are playing, called the choking game. My heart broke for this family. No parent should ever have to lose a child, especially to something like this. I was shocked to learn that children as young as 6 years old are playing this game. I have a 2.5 year old, a 5 year old and a 7 year old. It really got me thinking. How could I help raise awareness for this and other things that our children are being exposed to, and possibly help parents deal with these situations before they happen?

I contacted one of my friends who I knew shared similar passions in her personal life and we got chatting. Shortly after that, Talking Tough Topics was born. Together the two of us have created an amazing partnership with Life With a Baby and Team Goran, pooled our resources, recruited Windsor’s leading parenting experts, Win Harwood and Heather Chauvin, and we are getting ready to launch this event this coming Monday night! The response in our community and beyond has been so great, that we have even opened the event up to people who are not local, and would like to participate viewing a live feed.

 

If you would like more information about this event, please visit www.TalkingToughTopics.com. Most importantly, please pass this information along to all of your friends and family who are parents, grandparents, teachers or caregivers. Together we can raise awareness for not only the choking game, but how technology is constantly changing, and how we as parents can keep up and keep our children safe.

 

The 2013 Heartbreaker Challenge Awards

You may have heard that about a week ago I participated in my first race ever. Needless to say I am pretty proud of that bib I received the Friday before in my race package.

Last January 1^st, clearly still drunk from the night prior’s festivities, I asked four other amazing women if they wanted to take part in the Detroit Free Press Marathon Relay this coming October. This was going to be my first race ever, and I would have the same amount of time to train for it, as most people gestate humans. That same week, my friend Gillian, who must have been hammered, got wild hair and decided the Heartbreaker Challenge would be great to add to our race schedule for the year…

Do you want to read how I waded through a 200 meter ditch, and see who won the award for best package? Head over to Axfit to read the rest of this post! http://axfit.com/the-2013-heartbreaker-challenge-awards/