I have been remiss! I just realized I haven't been doing welcome posts.🤦‍♀️So that changes today and I want to especially thank our newest member who you may recognize from some of my previous posts... @Jared Farnsworth welcome to the group! Jared is the student who is in PA school and whose family I have worked with for years. I'm so excited you're here so that you can offer a student perspective to our group. Also, welcome to all the other members in the group: @Teresa Paul @Chuck Roelofs @Charlotte George @Donna Jordan Pickett @LaQuita Middleton @Lydia Newell @Beckie DeMary @Ni Xue @Wendy Wiseman @Heidi Reagan @Kevin Gebert @Patrice Simoneau I so appreciate everyone being here and I really want us to build this community. If you haven't done an introduction post please do one here: https://www.skool.com/parent/introduction?p=874878a0 Let us know who you are and what you are looking for in the group. Don't forget we have Parent Power Hour on Monday at 4pm Est. Here we learn more about each other and brainstorm ideas for the group. I hope you all are having an amazing weekend!

Thank you to those who supported me yesterday.💜 It was a tough day. But when I came home from running errands I had a beautiful basket of purple flowers from my hubby waiting on the porch. When I asked hubby if we were still going to my favorite restaurant he told he will go wherever you want to go tonight, baby because he knew how upset I was.😍 I could not let him down and installed to pull myself together so that we could have a lovely meal together. 🍴I have to be there for him and my son and my community. 💫 Turn to today and I’m moving through the stages of grief because let’s face it. That’s what it is. It’s a grieving process of letting go of the vision I had hoped for. ➡️ I have seen and received support from many others and it has helped me to process what I’m feeling. We are resilient. We will move forward and this applies to anything in your life. We can choose to be bogged down in the sadness or we can choose to be resilient and move forward to a better life.👓 How are you being resilient today?

Today my heart💔 is so heavy. It’s my anniversary and I’m supposed to be happy, right? Because that day nine years ago I got to marry my soul mate. Our fathers were still alive. So many possibilities on the horizon. 🌅A new life. But…today I do not feel like celebrating. And I’m sad. 🎭This should be a happy day for me. But the impending doom I feel and knowing that hatred has won…for now at least…I’m just sad. My husband 🤵whom I love dearly won’t even acknowledge it because he knows how upset I am and just wants me to focus on the joy of the day. Most times I can do that. Today I just needed a space where I could voice my sadness 😢so that I can begin to process it and begin to move forward. But today I give myself the grace to feel the feels. Feel whatever it is when you’re feeling it. And move forward.⏩ Much love to all 💞💞💞

Over the past week there have been so many good things going on! There has also been some frustration. Let's talk about the good things first: 🎶 I got to see my kiddo’s face light up during his music production lesson with Ethan. He was sharing his Nerdcore music with Ethan and bonding with someone who has the same interests. It was amazing! This tells me we are on the right path! 🎆 I got my Skool community up and running 💪🏻I have scheduled my first Parent Power Hour for Monday. So excited! 🤝 I continue to meet incredible souls on this fantastic platform! And then.....I started having physical issues. We've had a lot of activity lately on the weekends so I haven't been able to rest as much. Which means I have more inflammation and more pain which makes it difficult for me to be on my computer or even my phone. So that's why you haven't seen me as much. But I am determined to keep moving forward to build this community as a resource for parents and those who want to support our endeavor with providing resources. So let’s go and conquer the week! Tell me how your week has been. The good, the bad, the ugly and beauty of it all so we can support one another.

Hello you beautiful souls! My name is Tonya and I am supporting my son on his career journey. I thought, surely other parents need help in this area so why not support others along the way? I want to create a community of resources for parents to help their children find their passion and turn it into a career. There are lots of ways to do that which we will explore along the way. I have one biological son at home in high school and his desire is to make music and be a part of the Nerdcore Party Con (NPC) world. Don't know what that is? Just ask! I have two step-children who have pretty much flown the coop and are doing well! Make an introduction post and tell us about yourself, how many kids you have, what are their career interests, or how you can offer support to parents in this community! So excited to be here and I can't wait to get to know you all!