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I hope you were one of the 350+ women who attended our Building Strong Leaders for Texas Leadership Day in San Marcos. What an amazing day and weekend it was! It took many hours of hard work and planning by our Leadership Day team and office staff to make Leadership Day happen, and I thank each of them for their dedication that led to a successful event. But I also want to thank each woman who attended and supported Leadership Day...

Happy New Year and welcome to 2022! I could not be more excited about the adventure we are embarking upon together. There are so many things I want to share about our 2022 plans, but it is impossible to cover everything in one article. This newsletter is a fabulous resource. I encourage you to read the entire newsletter each month and discover ways to get involved, learn of upcoming events, and find valuable resources and tools for your club officers. While writing...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! I hope that you were able to share Thanksgiving with your loved ones and have plans to be together during this Christmas season. Time spent with family and friends is an acute reminder of what we are most thankful for, and also why we are involved with this organization. As 2021, and my term as your President, draws to a close, I can’t help but reflect on the many accomplishments we have achieved...

November is the natural season of giving thanks, and now that the 2021 National and State Conventions have wrapped up, I have been able to fully reflect not only on all that we have achieved but also the many people, opportunities, challenges and personal growth that I am thankful for. I am thankful for each of our nearly 12,000 members; your love of Texas and the Country inspires me daily. You are my Federation family. I am thankful for the TFRW officers...

My friends, August was an especially prayerful month for me, as it may have been for you. Some days I had to force myself away from the news before I was swallowed up in feelings of helplessness and hopelessness. As women, we sometimes feel empathy so strongly that we lose ourselves in grief and sadness. It’s completely understandable, after all, there’s a lot to be sad about; rising inflation, the escalating crisis on our border, the Afghanistan tragedy, and the devastation...

I’ve just returned from the NFRW Biennial Convention in Orlando, and what an amazing convention it was! The resort was beautiful, the speakers were outstanding, and our delegation demonstrated the genuine friendliness and Texas charm you would expect from southern ladies. I sat on a panel in the Membership workshop where I shared recruitment ideas and was positively mobbed with questions and requests at the end of the presentation. Other states are thirsty for tools and knowledge and desperately want...