Oh my Goodness! Am I ever behind on my blogging! My life has been going so fast lately, I haven't had the chance to catch up. My family calls me Shunner Number One! Laura is Shunner Number 2! Neither of us is home much. I will try to write a few thoughts about what has been happening. Although I know I don't have time to do any of it justice.
I was honored and privileged to be asked to be a Group Leader for Colorado Youth at Risk. I don't think of myself as the best Leader, I have lots of work to do in this area, so I was very nervous and tentative about saying yes. But, in the end, I drew strength from my husband Ross's example, and stepped out of my comfort zone. The new group is based entirely of freshmen students from the newly re-opened Manual High School in Denver. For those of you that are unfamiliar, Denver Public Schools are in the top 2 highest dropout rates in the nation. Manual High School was closed two years ago for restructure by the superintendent of DPS. The school was reopened with just one class last year, and now the second class has been introduced.
I attended what is called the Launch Course for this new group of CYAR youth and mentors. This involved about 100 people going to Buena Vista in the beautiful Colorado Rockies for a 4 day retreat. I can't even begin to describe what this long weekend was like for me. It was an amazing, life changing experience! The entire weekend I felt like my entire life had led me to that time and place. It was a very strange, wonderful, unfamiliar feeling. All I will say for now is that this organization is truly an organization of personal change and opening up the possibilities, and I am so blessed to be a small part of such an amazing thing.
In addition to my new role, I have signed up for Leadership classes, so that I can become to feel more confident and be a more effective leader. This class is also like no other that I have taken, it is challenging and confronting and so what I need! I have so much to learn!
Hopefully, I can find more time to blog later!
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Wow you are doing some neat and challenging things. No wonder you have not had time to blog. Think of you and your family often especially as we approach this time of year as we are so thankful for all you have done and for your friendship. Linda
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