It eventually became my extracurricular activity, where I've volunteered hundreds of hours of my time & served as club officers, as an Area Governor, and a Division Governor. I've learned so much from my time in Toastmasters - my strengths and overcoming my fear of public speaking. Many of my foster kids came to Toastmasters meetings, contest planning meetings, & HPL (high performance leadership) sessions. Yes, you can be a single mama (or single foster mama) and still do things you love!
Tonight, Little Guy helped escort me during my DTM Cermony :) He was all dressed up & he did so well. Compliments from everyone about how good he was and how adorable he is. It made the event just a little more special for me to have him there. He's my family. I also had two of my mentors, and vey close friends-that have adopted me into their families, escort me tonight. Very special night indeed. This is the main thing I will miss about here when I move next year, these special people that have become my family.
It took me 2 years and 11 months to earn my DTM. I've gotten so much out of Toastmasters, I will have to share one blog entry on my Toastmasters experience one of these days :)
Tomorrow I give my final report as a Division Governor and have just a few weeks left in my service... I'm looking forward to the Toastmasters year ending & getting to focus on improving other areas - such as possibly competing in speech contests & challenging/improving my speaking skills.
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