Marriage Wisdom and More

For our first meeting in October, we were blessed to have a panel of married couples share their wisdom with us.  A big thank you to Ian, Nikki, Karen, Bunny and Wyndham for sharing your time with us.  My favorite quote of the day was from Wyndham, "happiness in life depends on how you deal with plan B, because plan A rarely works out."  Karen shared with us a tip about using a code word to end arguments immediately.  In her case, they use "blowfish."  Nikki shared about how when they are doing their budget and setting money aside for retirement, it reminds her that he is planning for a future together.  Hopefully we can all implement the wonderful advice we received.

Caitlin and Laurie at Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless

Thank you to everyone who helped out with the decorations the Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless.  It was a fun filled night hanging decorations and relaxing after.

On October 20th, we had a regional training with our community coach Rebecca Tillmann.  She shared with us about creating an anchored team, connecting with moms, and MOPS International Resources.

MoMcon and more!

The second half of September was jam packed with MOPS happenings.  Some of our fearless leadership team attended MoMcon and came back on Fire!  During our September meeting, they shared how the sessions rejuvenated them and encouraged everyone to sign up for next year when it's in Orlando.  If you want to know more, ask one of these lovely ladies.

Jan, Bunny, Claire, Jessica S, Laurie, Caitlin, Jessica T

Cindy Trainer Williams from UF Health Birth Center, Department of OB/GYN came to share her knowledge with us about Women's Health at our second meeting in September.  We learned so much from her about how our bodies work and the beauty of being a women.  My two big take aways were that we need to love our bodies how they are and nobody's looking at you with judgment, it's us who puts the judgment on ourselves.  Everyone has different smells and levels of sweat and we should embrace as that makes us who we are.  As we age our estrogen decreases and our hormonal levels can change, so discussing our personal situation with our medical provider will give us the best outcome.  We learned it's best to use unscented products when bathing and toxic shock syndrome is actually very rare. To keep our brains sharp, we should do sudoku, learn a new skill or crosswords.

Door posters for Sulzbacher Center trick or treating

We had a great time at preparing door decorations for the Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless Trick or Treating.  There's still a chance to donate candy or help put doors up on the 11th.  Please contact Jessica Stevenson for more info.