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What do you do outside of Toastmasters
that makes you feel complete?
My husband and I have been

married for 15 years and we have two
beautiful kids: a 13-year-old son and a
9-year-old daughter. We are a family
or adventurists who travel a lot and

have many different interests and
hobbies. For example, my husband
has a private pilot license and flies
Sesnas, my son is a DJ and last month

he performed at the Hops game, my
daughter is a State championship
swimming gold medalist.
We are really passionate about any form of and encouraging thought on competing in the

travel and active leisure: water sports (kayaking, International Speech Contest
wakeboarding, knee boarding. and my personal If you can't decide whether to participate
favorite is paddle boarding), hiking, camping, in the Toastmasters Contests, I encourage you
fishing, and biking. We have lots of friends with to do so. It doesn’t matter how far you go, you

similar hobbies and we travel together very will get an enormous amount of support from
often. I also have a younger sister who lives in your club (and any other Toastmasters club you
North Carolina with her husband. By the way, ask for help). Keep a polished speech in your
they both watched the Division Contest until pocket and—most importantly—you will meet

the very end. She is a very special person to me. amazing people as you travel this extra mile in
I love gathering my family and friends in your Toastmasters journey.
our house and making a feast for them. When
I have time I immerse myself into reading or

walking. Thanks to audio books I can merge
these two pleasures,

Please share with our readers an inspirational

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