(Photo is from Decatur County Public Library)Every once in a while you find a librarian that stands out amongst the rest. today, at the Henderson County Public Library in Lexington, Tennessee we met such a woman. Dinah went all out in promoting her events today. Upon arrival, the first thing we noticed was a pile of disaster kits behind the counter. What a suprise! She gave away 50 kits today to the first 50 folks that walked in the door! The entire day we were escorted by emergency personnel and our morning event was great with a receptive audience of not-so-senior citizens!
It was good to have someone that caught the vision of partnering in an educational effort and truly made an effort to connect the community using their library. We are looking forward to being back in Lexington soon.
Tomorrow we head on down the road for Central Illinois, but for the night we will recuperate a little at our favorite spot in the woods, the Terrace Woods Lodge in Paris, Tennessee. Dale and his wife are great people and this has become one of those "havens" for us. We want to thank them for their hospitality and kindness every time one of our team stays here.
It is hard to be away from home for such great lengths of time and it is nice to know that when we travel, we are among family still. That family is definitely growing.
Due to the demand when we tour, we have created a new homeschool blog which you can find in the left-hand menu of our main site (http://www.chasing4life.org/). Our goal is to begin posting the links, tips and advice we have been handing over as we tour. The number of homeschooling families taking advantage of our tours is growing and we have so much to share it just made sense to create a new place just for them.
In the wake of this weekend's bad weather and tornadic activity, please remember that there is only two tornado seasons: this year and next year. Take cover when those sirens blow, don't let the holidays distract you from what you have learned. Take some time this week and have a tornado drill with your kids, check your home disaster kit, and make sure you drop us a line when you have chance. Always good to hear from family.
Stay safe
