Saturday, April 23, 2016

We All Need Rockstars ~ Celebrate #10


Each week Ruth Ayres extends an invitation to share and celebrate events, big or small, from our week. 


We all need Rockstars.  



Two years ago was a rockstar summer for me.  
I met Ruth and many other bloggers at All Write.  We sat in the gazebo and talked like we had known each other for years.  Little did they know I was literally giddy with excitement.

At that same conference, I found myself in the same elevator with Donalyn Miller and Katerine Sokowloski.  Talk about a rockstar moment!


I have seen Kelly Gallagher, Kate Roberts, and so many others since then.  Recently, I was telling my principal and assistant principal how excited I was about finding out that Penny Kittle was going to be at All Write this summer.  My principal shook his head, laughed and said, "You are such a nerd."  He doesn't know how proud I am of that title.

Sometimes it is difficult for me to remember that not everyone gets excited about literacy rockstars like I do.  

My daughter is one of those people, but she has her own kind of rockstars - basketball rockstars.  Friday she attended a coaching conference and met...again...Tamika Catchings, a former player for the Tennessee Lady Vols and current WNBA player. She has also met Pat Summitt, the legendary coach for the University of Tennessee.  


We all need these types of mentors and role models in our lives.  Even as adults.  They keep us motivated and push us to be better than we are today.  They inspire us to dream and to believe in ourselves.  It doesn't matter if they are authors, literacy gurus, athletes or even blogging or Twitter "friends."


We all need Rockstars.



Have a great week, and may you find many celebrations along the way!

9 comments:

  1. I would have to agree - we all need our rockstars. When I went to NerdCampMI, I had that feeling. I was meeting the Nerdybookclub founders and so many other amazing people. I'm a nerd right along with you. :)

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  2. It was wonderful to be at that gazebo talking and laughing, being together, I agree, Leigh Anne. I'm sorry I can't make it to All Write this year, will be just back from a family trip. I hope you have more wonderful experiences, with Ruth, Mary Helen, and Penny!

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  3. "Nerd" is a good label to have. Your excitement about meeting writing/teaching gurus is so understandable. I wish...

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  4. Your daughter is adorable. Rock on both of you.

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  5. We live for literacy rock stars!! I love the look on your daughter's face- says it all!

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  6. I love this piece about all of us needing mentors, no matter who we are, or what our interests may be. I have been thinking about this a lot lately. Thanks so much for jumpstarting my thinking on this topic again!

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  7. Love reading about your rockstar moments. I still remember meeting you and others above the grocery store. Always a pleasure to hang out with fellow nerds!

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  8. Rockstar educators are the best! Next Monday, I am pulling together a group of #positivity champion #EduFriends" to rock the Twittersphere. Join us for a great chat=>http://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2016/04/reach-and-connect.html. Every voice counts, Leigh Anne.

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  9. Wow! Exciting rockstar moments! ;0)

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