Ten Favorite Moments of Type-A-Mom

I was going to do a "Ten Favorite People I Met at Type-A-Mom." But really? Keeping it to ten? Impossible! I'll try to keep this to ten favorite moments.


1. Meeting so many amazing people - this was by far the best thing about the conference for me. The people. People that I've known on-line for years and people that I met at the conference. Every single person was amazing. I could list them, but I know I would leave someone out! (But I have to share this pic of the ADORABLE Mandi from It's Come 2 This. Yes, I "squee'd" when we met!)

2. The downtown photo walk - Downtown Asheville has amazing architecture, sculpture and culture. I'll share pics on Friday. I did get a little bit of video of the drum circle. This happens every Friday night. There were thirty plus drummers, people dancing and watching. Such diversity.

3. The Sharing on Grief and Loss panel - The room was full, and I know each person had a story of grief and loss to share. I wanted to sit down with everyone and listen to their story. I love @prairiemama, @AnissaMayhew and @Cecilyk for their bold voices and tremendous inner strength.

4. The Health & Fitness tribe session - I think the tribe break-out sessions are brilliant! No, I don't blog solely about health and fitness, but since it's a passion of mine, I loved connecting with other women with the same passion. It was led by @MizFitOnline, who rocks. My fave moment of this session was when @FitAndThrifty, who is a marathoner, was talking about training and acknowledged my 5k training on the same breath as her own marathon training.

5. The town hall meeting - This is even more brilliant that the tribe sessions. An hour of open mic, bloggers sharing the good, bad, and the ugly. I watched the town hall meeting last year via MomTV and was really looking forward to this "session."

6. Saturday evening - I attended a session sponsored by the Biltmore Winery on "Easy Wine Pairing for Busy Parents." Reminder to self: do not attend any event with wine without first eating a snack. I learned a lot about the science of our taste buds, but there were also LOTS of giggles at our table (maybe other tables too, I couldn't tell!). Then after the session, a group of us went to the Mellow Mushroom for pizza. Yum! Great wine, great food, and GREAT women!

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7. Lest you think that it was all about the fun, I did learn about the business of blogging. The Monetization session with Debbie Bookstaber and Angela England. Some good things there that I'll be learning more about and putting into practice.

8. I also really enjoyed the session on Strategic Planning for Bloggers with Deb Rox. Deb has such a great personality. As bloggers, we need to constantly be asking, "Why am I here?" We need to step back and assess where we've been and where we are going.

9. I loved seeing babies there with their mamas. On Friday morning, I came in late to a session and my laptop needed charging so I sat on the floor in the back of the room. Soon, a mama came in with her little one, sat down next to me, and started to nurse. LOVED that! (I didn't realize until later that it was Angela England.)

10. The down-side of conferences is being out of "normal" routine. We go to church every Sunday (we lead the music, but we'd be there even if we didn't), so it was throwing me off that Sunday was really Sunday. I love it that Sarah gathered a few Christians together to pray for Chele, who has been having health issues. Where two or more are gathered . . . . Made me feel less out of sync with my normal routine.


Of course, there were SO many other moments that were wonderful and "my favorite." If you were at Type-A-Mom, what was one of your favorite moments?



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